Amazing Grace

Deuteronomy 19:13 - You shall not pity him, but you shall purge the blood of the innocent from Israel, that it may go well with you.

The context of this verse revolves around the punishment of the guilty... how they ought to be punished without pity for the shedding of innocent blood. It is clear that God is just and absolutely must punish sin. Jesus was innocent of any crime yet He was crucified by guilty men who deserved the death that He died. God's holy justice demands that no pity is shown for our crime. Yet we stand forgiven. Instead Jesus, the innocent victim of our wretched sin, was Himself the object of God's wrath. Amazing grace how can it be?