Curse Broken

Deuteronomy 19-21; Galatians 3 

“If man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and his body is hung on a tree, you must not leave his body on the tree overnight. Be sure to bury him that same day because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not desecrate the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.”

Deuteronomy 21:22, 23

“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.’”

Galatians 3:13

The penalty of sin is death. God’s law required those guilty of intentionally taking another life to be killed by hanging. This public death communicated God’s curse on those guilty of taking another person’s life. Jesus took our penalty for our sin by becoming a curse for us through his death on a cross. He atoned for defiling sins which pollute our land. God’s answer to the bloodguilt which has defiled every nation through the shedding of innocent blood is the blood of Jesus. We overcome by the blood of the Lamb. Christ’s blood cleanses us from all sin. The land is healed as its citizens identify with the defiling sin and repent, asking Jesus to forgive and cleanse their land. He became a curse for us and to break every curse.

“Lord Jesus, we repent for blood guilt in our nation, asking your forgiveness and healing, for your glory.”