“He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.”
Acts 2:23
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Connection with God's words to Noah on blood
In Genesis 9 God said a man's blood is precious because it carries a life made in His image. Generations later God gave His own Son, and the blood of Jesus was poured out by the hands of men. Hebrews says that blood "speaks a better word than the blood of Abel" (Hebrews 12:24).
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Abel's blood, the first human blood shed in Scripture, cried from the ground for justice (Genesis 4:10). The blood of Christ, poured out by the hands of men, cries mercy over the guilty.
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What was meant for evil, God meant for good — handed over by God's deliberate plan
“And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.”
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