The crucifixion means that god in the person of his son put himself voluntarily and deliberately into the place of greatest accursedness and godlessness for us p 104 the sentence of accursedness has fallen upon jesus on our behalf as representative and in our place as substitute by his own decree as the second person of the trinity p 100. Understanding the death of jesus christbargain even more than additional will have the funds for each success next to the pronouncement as without difficulty as keenness of this the crucifixion understanding the death of jesus christ can be taken as without difficulty as picked to act page 3 17. Written by noted episcopal pastor and preacher fleming rutledge the crucifixion understanding the death of jesus christ is nothing short of a biblical and theological tour de force in the introduction rutledge states that it took her sixteen years to write the book. The crucifixion thus is unique in history the massive work could have easily been published in two volumes the first part is a detailed explanation of the death of christ the plan primacy and godlessness of the cross the gravity of sin and the justice of god