And this is why I prefer "becoming" (other than the fact it is grammatically more correct): It emphasizes that Jesus willingly took on His people's Curse; it was not imposed on Him by the Father.
Exactly so as Jesus teaches in John 10
17 Therefore doth My Father love Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again.
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No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received from My Father.”
This was the express will of the Father, His soul as an offering for sin
And as they spoke unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, being aggrieved that they taught the people and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them and put them in hold until the next day, for it was...
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24 And when they heard this, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said, “Lord, Thou art God who hast made heaven and earth and the sea and all that is in them,
25 who by the mouth of Thy servant David hast said, ‘Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ.’
27 For truly against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, had gathered together
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to do whatsoever Thy hand and Thy counsel determined before to be done.
"Verily, verily I say unto you, he that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper openeth, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his...
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“Verily, verily I say unto you, he that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the doorkeeper openeth, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out.
4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him, for they know not the voice of strangers.”
6 This parable Jesus spoke unto them, but they understood not what things they were which He spoke unto them.
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, “Verily, verily I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door; by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not but to steal and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11 I am the Good Shepherd; the Good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.
12 But he that is a hireling and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them and scattereth the sheep.
13 The hireling fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
14 I am the Good Shepherd, and know My sheep and am known by Mine.
15 As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. Them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one fold and one Shepherd.
17 Therefore doth My Father love Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received from My Father.”
19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
20 And many of them said, “He hath a devil and is mad. Why hear ye him?”
21 Others said, “These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?”
