Crime of Passion

Check this out, from Isaiah 59:15-19 KJV

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Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD
saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor:
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therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his

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head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a
cloak.

According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries,

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recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising
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of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up
a standard against him.

This is a picture of Jesus getting ready to come down to earth and to save mankind. He is
preparing himself mentally. He is fueled by His love of man and the anger of the
injustices Satan has metered out to the human race.

God looked out and there was no man able to save us. Because there had to be a savior
among men, God had to become a man. Jesus had to strip himself of his Godliness and
take up the call.

Let’s talk about what some of these words in their original Hebrew text.

In verse 17, Jesus puts on garments of vengeance.

Vengeance means revenge. In Strong’s, it says “to act with the desire of vengeance”.

“…clad with zeal as a cloak.”

Clad means to wrap, to envelope oneself.
Zeal means jealousy (as of lovers), envy, anger, indignation
Cloak is a robe, the upper garment, often worn by high priests. Strong’s indicates that this
word could mean “of acting covertly.” Jesus was God covertly disguised as man.

Jesus dressed himself with a wardrobe of revenge. He covered himself in zeal. He

enveloped himself with anger. He was totally covered with rage against the enemy and
the acts against mankind.

You know, Satan was once a resident in Heaven, and being an angel, he probably had
never seen God’s jealous side. But was he in for a surprise when he woke up a jealous
God!

The prophet Isaiah goes on to say that God will repay the enemy according to their deeds,
fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies.”

He's not talking about man's sin against God. He's talking about Satan's judgment and
hold over the human race. "According to your deeds, Devil, accordingly I will repay
you."

The word fury means anger; poison (as that which burns the bowels).

To say that Jesus was angry at what Satan had done to man by deceiving him into a
lifetime of sin is a gross understatement. Jesus was so mad and had such fury that his
blood was boiling.

Ok, let’s bring this all together.

I think we can safely say that Jesus’ crucifixion was a criminal act, because he was an
innocent man, but I believe what happened at Calvary was a crime of passion.

By crime of passion, we are not saying that Jesus committed a crime. We are saying that
God allowed the crime of him being crucified to take place because of his passionate
desire to win back the hearts and souls of man.

But in doing that, he was going to exact a punishment on those who have harmed us.
Recompense according to their recompense. He recompensed the Devil according to his
recompense on us.

And it was “to the islands he will repay recompense.”

Here is how it reads in The Message Bible:

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God looked and saw evil looming on the horizon—
so much evil and no sign of Justice. He couldn't believe what he saw:
not a soul around to correct this awful situation. So he did it himself, took on the work
of Salvation,
fueled by his own Righteousness. He dressed in Righteousness, put it on like a suit of
armor,
with Salvation on his head like a helmet, Put on Judgment like an overcoat,
and threw a cloak of Passion across his shoulders. He'll make everyone pay for what
they've done:
fury for his foes, just deserts for his enemies.