"Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him. If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him." John 13:31-32
In Adam's rebellion, God was more dishonored than when Lucifer rebelled against God, His truth despised and held in contempt, His authority was disregarded and scoffed at, His majesty maligned, His law broken, His name blasphemed, and His character disparaged. In his rebellion, Adam exalted his will above the will of God.
More than the separation from God that sin resulted in, the dishonor which it brought God is its most grievous consequence. Sadly, this is not often taken into view when sin is talked about. And because of this, when the cross is contemplated, what is often in our view is Jesus as a sin-bearer. True, He bore our sin on the cross, but the first aspect of Christ's single sacrifice is not man-ward (the benefit it brought to man), but God-ward (the honour it brought to God). In every way that Adam dishonored God, Christ, in both life and death, brought God honour, for example, when Adam despised the will of God, Jesus said, not My will, but Your will be done. This is the high point of the cross, which, in the levitical offerings, is typified by the burnt and meat offerings. In these two offerings, nothing of sin is implied.
The cross is the picture of a a single sacrifice in which God was perfectly glorified, and the sinner, perfectly forgiven. This is the import of the cross.
