Who were the people who crucified Jesus Christ?
Those who nailed Christ to the cross were created beings—humanity—crucifying their own Creator. This truth emphasizes that the sovereign God of the universe died the death we should have died, then rose from the dead and extended eternal life, inseparable from who He is.
Les explains that the people who crucified Christ were themselves created beings, not some outside force. He recalls teaching a class in Iowa years ago where he made the point that those who nailed Christ to the cross and set Him up in public spectacle were the created beings of the Creator they were crucifying. It shook them up because they had never had that kind of concept of who Jesus was. Les stresses that it was the created beings crucifying their Creator and says never lose sight of that. He connects this to salvation: the sovereign God of the universe died the death we should have died, rose from the dead, and extended eternal life; you cannot separate that from Him.