innocent third person," and it is objected that this would not be just. No; this would not be just, and it is not for a moment the doctrine of the Bible, for the Bible clearly teaches that Jesus Christ was not "a third person," but was Himself God, and that He was Himself man, so He is not a third person at all, but both the first person and the second person, and the doctrine is that God Himself, the offended first person, substitutes His atoning action whereby He expresses His hatred against sin, for His punitive action whereby He would express the same thing; that God, instead of visiting the sins of the sinner upon the sinner, takes the punishment upon Himself. This certainly is something more than just, it is wondrous love. 5. Further yet, the Bible teaches us that _Jesus Christ died to redeem us from the curse of the law by bearing that curse Himself_. We read in Gal. 3:10, +"As many as are of the works of the law are under a curse, for it is written: Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the Book of the Law, to do them."+ So then, every one of us is under the curse of the broken law, for not one of us has continued +"in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them."+ But we read in the 13th verse, +"Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us+ (literally, _in our behalf_): +for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree."+ _By His death by crucifixion He redeemed us from the curse which we deserved by taking that curse upon Himself._ This certainly is "an atonement of blood and recompense."