God's Righteous Anger Found Its Place On The Head Of His Own Son

Dr. Ligon Duncan teaching us that God was angry with Jesus on the cross:

And notice, by the way, God in both of those instances was not simply angry at sin, He was angry with sinners. We often say God loves the sinner and hates the sin, and there's something very important and true about that truth. But you also need to understand that God is angry with people, and not simply with acts. He was angry with Solomon when Solomon married many foreign wives, who led him astray from his fidelity and devotion to the one true God. He was angry with Israel when Israel strayed into idolatry. His anger comes to rest on people. Does not the cross teach us that? That His righteous anger found its place on the head of His own Son?

That's penal substitution. That's the heart of the Gospel.

From: Ligon Duncan, "Anger And The Glory Of God," Sermon delivered from Ephesians 4:26-27 on May 7, 2006, https://ligonduncan.com/anger-and-the-glory-of-god-469/ Accessed 15 FEB 2020.