A curse

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. - Galatians 3.13-14

The Law was a curse because no one could keep it. To violate it, even in the finest point, was to break the whole Law. So instead of being a blessing it was indeed a curse for mankind. 

But Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law. How? He became a curse in our place. 

What? Did we read that right? God became a curse? Surely, that can't be the case? 

But He did - God became a curse. 

God becoming a curse is so seemingly absurd that it sounds like blasphemy - and it would be if man said it. But God does say it. Christ redeemed us by becoming a curse for us. The unspeakable happened so that I could be redeemed. 

What but love could move the God of the universe to become a curse for me? 

This is love, vast as the ocean.