Can Christ be satisfied if His travail ends in futility?
I have visited hospital rooms where a mother’s “travail” had ended in the birth of a dead child. I assure you that there were no expressions of great joy in the room. There was deep sorrow and a great sense of loss. If our Savior looks into hell and sees those there for whom He travailed unto death itself, how can He possibly be “satisfied?” No, no, everyone for whom He travailed will be saved. As the hymn writer put it: Till all the ransomed Church of God, Be saved to sin no more. (2) Who are the “many” that are certain of being justified simply because Christ bears their iniquity? It is impossible to separate the certainty of the “many’s” justification from the stated reason for that certainty. “The many,” all of them and only them, will surely be justified because Christ literally bare their iniquities in His own body. That is particular atonement. It is a real atonement and not merely a ‘hypothetical’ atonement! It is impossible to make these verses say, “Christ bore the sins of al
