In the Spirit's Power - William W. Prescott

the very point of the controversy.
We come to the climax of the struggle in the
death of Christ. Satan’s charge had been that God’s
government was arbitrary and hard, and that he
would give his subjects a better government. The
universe looked on to see it worked out. The curse
of disobedience rested on the earth, but Christ
came to redeem it, “being made a curse for us.”
Satan had urged on the Jews till they took His life,
and thus Satan became the murderer of the Son of
God. By His gift to the world God showed that He
did desire His will--the law of love and filial
obedience--to be done on earth as it is done in
heaven, and in order to make it possible He was
willing to give His only begotten Son to die. Satan
showed that he wanted his own way badly enough
that he was willing to become the murderer of the
Son of God. All this was enacted before the
universe, and how did it effect it?
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