Whether it's from the perspective of the prosecution...
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Whether it's from the perspective of the prosecution, such as Law and Order, or from the defense, such as Matlock or Perry Mason, legal dramas have a way of capturing our attention and imagination. We all want to see justice prevail, whether it's seeing the guilty punished or the innocent exonerated.
In this passage, we witness another legal drama, this one taking place between God the Father and God the Son. Just as a defense attorney would make a passionate plea before the judge for the accused criminal, Jesus continuously pleads before God on behalf of the accused in this courtroom (1 Timothy 2:5-6). However, the one in the courtroom is us, and although we are rightly judged guilty, our punishment has already been administered: "[Jesus] is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world" (2:2).
In this passage, we witness another legal drama, this one taking place between God the Father and God the Son. Just as a defense attorney would make a passionate plea before the judge for the accused criminal, Jesus continuously pleads before God on behalf of the accused in this courtroom (1 Timothy 2:5-6). However, the one in the courtroom is us, and although we are rightly judged guilty, our punishment has already been administered: "[Jesus] is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world" (2:2).
