II Cor 5:21a - For He Hath Made Him To Be Sin For Us

II Corinthians 5:21a (“For he hath made him to be sin for us”) is saying the same thing as Isaiah 53:6c. God “made him to be sin for us” is the same as God “hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”Suppose a Mob boss ordered a small potatoes underling to take the rap for a crime some more important mobsters did. The mobsters let off the hook could accurately say – “For the Boss hath made him to be dirty for us.” Wouldn’t that mean the low man on the totem-pole substituted for the big wigs, he took their penalty for them?In a similar way, Jesus was “made … to be sin” means he was literally treated like a sinner by God:· not in the sense that Jesus sinned or was made guilty of sin – not in any shape, form, or fashion – He was the most innocent lamb that ever lived· we see this in Isaiah 53:5 – Jesus took our chastisement so we could have peace with God· I like the way David Lipscomb put it on page 81 of his Gospel Advocate commentary on II Corinthians - “God had made Jesus who committed no sin to suffer as though he had sinned.”Jesus made to be sin for us = took our sins in our place = Substitute