Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.  Rev 1:5-6

     What, then, is the doctrine set forth in the laying on of hands?  It is this: Christ was "made sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him." - (2 Cor 5:21).  He took our position with all its consequences, in order that we might get His position with all its consequences.  He was treated as sin upon the cross, that we might be treated as righteousness in the presence of Infinite Holiness.  He was cast out of God's presence because He had sin on Him by imputa-tion, that we might be received into God's house and into His bosom because we have a perfect righteousness by imputation.  He had to endure the hiding of God's countenance, that we might bask in the light of that countenance.  He had to pass through three hours' darkness, that we might walk in ever-lasting light.  He was forsaken of God for a time, that we might enjoy His presence forever.  All that was due to us as ruined sinners was laid upon Him, in order that all that was due to Him as the Accomplisher of redemption might be ours.  There was every thing against Him when He hung upon the cursed tree, in order that there might be nothing against us.  He was identified with us in the reality of death and judgment, in order that we might be identified with Him in the reality of life and righteousness.  He drank the cup of wrath-the cup of trembling, that we might drink the cup of salvation-the cup of infinite favor.  He was treated according to our deserts, that we might be treated according to His.                        
                                                                                                                                       C. H. Mackintosh