"Unprecedented"

"But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge." (Psalms 94:22)
Say what you will about what God's grace is really all about, it really does not count for you until you make it your own! I'm not even so sure that you really even need to totally understand how it works; the devil surely does not get it, so we don't need to fully understand how it all came about; we just need to believe and claim it for our own; let God worry about how it all works out! That is the meaning of Isaiah 53:1 in a nutshell, because it makes no sense at all to the average man's understanding. How is it that God, the Creator of heaven and earth, would humble Himself and become human flesh, only to sacrifice that flesh for the human beings that He created? There are all kinds of things we could assume could be the reason; but there is only one that really matters enough to make it truly count: Because He loved us that much! How much was that, we might ask; and then He spread His arms out wide, and He let them nail His hands to the cross! Don't think for a moment that they forced Him down onto that cross; because with just a word He could have called all the mighty angels of heaven to His defense. With just a whisper from His lips, He could have slain every single enemy that He had; but that was not what He came to do, He came to give His life on our behalf. Does it make sense? There are a lot of things that don't make sense; but only one that has been truly defined by the Truth! Just let it sink in, and then make sure you tell someone what you know...
"Therefore, since God in his mercy has given us this new way, we never give up. We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We don't try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know this. If the Good News we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are perishing. Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don't understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God. You see, we don't go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, "Let there be light in the darkness," has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves." (2 Corinthians 4:1-7) NLT