Accused and Accursed
“ If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God .” (Deuteronomy 21:22-23 NKJV) Under the Jewish law, the father of any rebellious and stubborn son would readily acknowledge the responsibility of being the first accuser and accept the resultant death penalty of his son. The possible logic could be that a rebellious and unrepentant son may later suffer as a public offender, standing accused of man and accursed of God, if convicted. Unfortunately, this same height of shame, which is undesirable to any earthly father, is suffered by our heavenly Father when His only begotten Son was offered on the cross. In God’s redemption plan, a sinner saved from sin is worth the shame of Christ being accused and accursed.