Extract: Judgement and Atonement

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All through the Old Testament we see the stayed sword (judgment suspended!) but not till we get to Calvary where our blessed Lord atoned for our sins, do we get the sheathed sword. What a difference between the two! So in Genesis 22 where Christ is typified, it is implied, but the Lord said to Peter,
“Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which My Father hath given Me, shall I not drink it?” (John 18:1111Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? (John 18:11)).
How the Lord lived and thought, in anticipation of the cross being passed! How He must have longed for this! Blessed be His Name! How sweet it will be to praise Him as we would.