How did God do what He did? Great truths infuse our hearts through these three historically favored perspectives on what happened at the cross. Take care that you don't only hold to one. We need them all!

It looked like a colossal mistake, a ghastly travesty of justice. In reality, it was a valiant conquest of a hideous foe—all that is fallen and corrupt in our nature. The innocent Victim became the invincible Victor, even before He died!

Without the Resurrection we have no religion worth shouting about, no hope of heaven, no escape from our sins or our sin nature. Without His Resurrection we wouldn’t know a victory was won at the cross. Funny thing is, it was the one thing He didn’t do…

Jesus' death and resurrection are the FACTS of our new life. To this day, no rational argument holds up against the evidence of the empty tomb, the combined eye-witness reports, and the explosion of transformed lives.

This is a rare “argument from silence” that still speaks volumes to anyone giving it serious, open-minded attention. One of the most well-attested facts of history is the unexpected disappearance of Jesus from His own tomb.

You may be one whose transformed life is evidence that Someone has powerfully been at work in your life. Likewise, the testimony of changed lives after the resurrection of Jesus is just as powerful a witness today as it was then.

In any court of law, the testimony of eye witnesses is crucial to establishing the facts. In this “case” we have a super-abundance of testimonies. However, what really compels faith in these accounts is their unexpected character.

According to the Lord’s own instructions to Israel, the power of an atoning sacrifice is in the blood that is shed. This may seem foreign to moderns but knowing and believing what Jesus’ Blood means can establish your faith like nothing else.

The writer of Hebrews interprets Jesus' death by contrasting that Sacrifice at Calvary with the Temple sacrifices of ancient Israel still being practiced in his day. It helps to understand the Reality by gazing upon its “shadow.”