Players in the Drama of the Cross, Part 1

The cross is the apex of redemptive history, the ratification of the new covenant, the single atonement for sin, the satisfaction of divine justice, the propitiation of holy wrath, the epitome of sovereign love and grace, the necessary object of saving faith, and the only hope of eternal life. God's purpose was to have the Lord Jesus eat the Passover with his disciples on Thursday night, and then be arrested, tried, and crucified on Friday, dying at three o'clock in the afternoon, and rising again on Sunday.