Saturday, January 20, 2007

The redemption of mankind

For as by one man's disobedience
many were made sinners
so by the obedience of one
shall many be made righteous.
- Romans 5:19


Adam's sin bought forth the sin of mankind and at that instant, God had a plan of what He will do for the redemption of mankind. He killed and made coats of skin to cover the nakedness of both Adam and Eve, to signify what was to come: The Lamb of God to be slain so that we will be clothed with His robe of righteousness.

For the blood of bulls and goats are enough to cover the sin of Israel for the entire year, presented to God by a mortal High Priest. During the annual rites, the whole nation of Israel were solely dependent on the purity of the mortal High Priest and the spotlessness of the sacrifice. When accepted, it will mean that their sins will be covered for the entire year, and it doesn't matter what they do, sins were covered.

How much more, we are now being represented by our eternal perfect High Priest, and the eternal perfect sacrifice. When Jesus' blood was shed for the eternal forgiveness of mankind, it was for eternal. But many of us wrongly believed or were wrongly taught that it was only for sins for a moment of time, making it inferior to the blood of bulls and goats.

His grace is sufficient for you and I today. Our righteous are never dependent on what we have done because it is solely His righteous on us that God accepts us today.

For this reason, He came.

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