What did Jesus really do for us?

If you are like me then you have always been thankful to Jesus for his sacrifice on the cross. However, I personally never realized the full extent of His suffering and sacrifice. I would like to let you read this excerpt from a book entitled "Life In The Son" by Robert Shank. It opened my eyes to what Jesus had to give up in order to be with us.

"The penalty for sin is death, both spiritual and physical. That penalty Jesus paid in full, at dreadful cost to Himself. We cannot imagine the physical pain of crucifixion. But fearful as it was, it did not mark the true measure of "the cup" of His agony. The darkness which covered the land from the sixth hour to the ninth, while Jesus suffered on the cross, was symbolic of the spiritual desolation and death which came upon our Holy Saviour when God "laid on Him the iniquity of us all" and He who was without sin "was made sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him." His soul was made "an offering for sin" and He "poured out His soul unto death" (Isaiah 53:10, 12). Out of the abyss of spiritual desolation and death came His wretched, anguished cry, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Gone was the gracious rapport of the earlier hours on the cross when He could say, "Father, forgive them...." no longer was it "Father," but rather, "My God." And God had forsaken Him. He was alone in His agony of body and desolation of soul and spirit. The Son of man,made sin for all the guilty sons of Adam and banished from the Fathers' holy presence, cried in all the very anguish of hell itself, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" He "poured out his soul unto death."
"It is finished!" Our Saviour's triumphant cry marked the completion of the offering of His soul for sin. He had drained the bitter cup of its last vile dregs. The angry venom of sin was spent. Gone forever was the dreadful gulf imposed by sin. Once again He knew the Father's gracious presence: "Father, into thy hands...." Bowing His head, He dismissed His spirit, and the body in which He had borne our sins on the tree became the prey of death. The full penalty for sin had been paid."

Total seperation from God is something that we have never experienced.
Because Jesus experienced it we do not have to.
WOW!!