GALATIANS (14): Christ became a Curse for us on the Cross (Galatians 3:13-14)

Galatians 3:13-14 are foundational verses, upon which we can establish our faith that (1) Christ has delivered us from every curse, and that (2) the blessing of God is ours now in Christ. Thus, these are vital verses for our spiritual warfare, enabling us to stand against curses and deal with them effectively. They are also great verses to stand upon for healing, for they affirm that Christ has redeemed us from the curse of sickness, having become a curse (sick) for us on the Cross, that we might receive the blessing of healing through faith. We complete our study of Galatians 3:13-14, by exploring some Types of Christ in the Old Testament, which shed extra light on these vital verses, including taking a closer look at the Type of the Bronze Serpent on the pole (Numbers 21), which provides an important Old Testament background to these verses, since it reveals Christ becoming sin and a curse for us when He was lifted up on the Cross, in order that we might receive the blessing of life through faith (John 3:14-16). Also, we see how the dramatic Ceremony of Blessings and Curses at Shechem, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerazim (Joshua 8, Deuteronomy 11 and 27), pictures Christ (1) taking our curse through His sacrificial death, and then (2) releasing His blessing to us through His resurrection. We also discuss the 3 dimensions of blessedness: (1) the Blessor, (2) the Blessing, and (3) Blessings (the manifestations of the Blessing).