On April 3, 33 AD, at 9:00 in the morning, the first nail was struck and Jesus was crucified. Jesus took our place and sacrificed His life for us. He did not merely carry our sin and nail it to the cross, He absorbed our sin and nailed Himself to the cross. And the cross simultaneously demonstrates the holy justice of God punishing sin and the amazing grace of God forgiving sin. And it happened on a certain date on the calendar and at a certain time on the clock.