B. The Form of the Death.

1. A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days His death was a death such as experienced by man. It had to be a natural death, for He was The Man dying for all men.

2. A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days God cannot die, but God had to die if He was to become A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days. Therefore He became a creature who could die. However, He contracted no sin while He lived.

Man dies today because of sin; but He had no sin. Apart from our sins, He would never have tasted death.

3. A A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days. Christ’s death was marked out and A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days. Before the fall of Adam, God A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days it. Before man sinned, God A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days, for Christ is the Lamb slain “before the foundation of the world” (A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days). Were the sins that man committed before Calvary taken away by the blood of bulls and goats? No! For all sins, whether committed before or after the Cross, were put on Him at Calvary (A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days).

4. A A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days. While we have stated that His death was a natural death, yet it was A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days. “Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father” (A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days).

His death was of A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days. He lay down His life Himself; no one took it from Him. Usually it took A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days for a man to die by crucifixion, but He died in A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days. A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days state that He cried out with a loud voice. His strength had not left Him. He died in His strength. He gave His life; no one took it from Him. He bowed His head in death; He was majestic, even upon the cross.

Thus we see Christ suffering two deaths for us: the first death, the A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days; the second death, the A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days. Christ suffered the A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days first, and the A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days last. He suffered the second death when He was separated from the Father, for He cried, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (A Natural Death.An Abnormal Death.anticipateddetermined beforehanddifferent from the death of other menfirst deathHis own volitionI Peter 1:20John 10:17, 18made provision for Calvaryman’s substituteMatt. 27:46Matthew 27: 46 and 50Preternatural DeathRom. 3:25second deathseparation of the individual from Godseparation of the soul and spirit from the bodysix hoursSupernatural Deathtwo days). Christ, the very son of God, was able to suffer in six hours what the sinner will endure throughout eternity.