Redeemed By The Blood Of The Lamb

In the Old Testament, Adam’s choice to sin made future human beings guilty without hope before God. The ritual of Atonement was a detailed sacrificial process of an animal as a substitute offering for the sins of the people committed, and removing them to be holy before God. It set the nation of Israel apart.

“Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, sprinkling it over the mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat. Thus he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the people of Israel and because of their transgressions, all their sins.” (Leviticus 16:15-16 NIV)

“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 NIV)

Jesus, as a human being, loved and lived His life and spoke like no other man has ever done or ever will. Through His act of ultimate humility, He suffered and died on the Cross as God and a human being. In His act of atonement, Jesus chose to be the legal substitute for every person, took all their sins upon Himself, and defeated the evil one completely for eternity at the Cross because He is love.

"For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Corinthians 5:21 NKJV)

The Greatest Mystery

Jesus is a great mystery who, as a human being, loved, lived His life, and spoke like no other man has ever done or ever will. Through His act of ultimate humility, He suffered and died on the Cross as wholly God and wholly as a human being. In His act of atonement, Jesus took all sins upon Himself and ultimately defeated satan for eternity.

"For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him’" (2 Corinthians 5:21 NKJV)

The most profound mystery of God's love is that the King of the Universe, the supreme Lord of all creation, is so passionately in love with every Christian that the Bible describes it as the love of a groom for his bride!

"Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready." (Revelation 19:7 NIV)

Each Christian ravishes his heart, for He takes great "delight in” them “as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride" (Isaiah 62:4-5).

"You have ravished my heart, My sister, my spouse; You have ravished my heart With one look of your eyes, With one link of your necklace. How fair is your love, My sister, my spouse! How much better than wine is your love, And the scent of your perfumes Than all spices!" (Song 4:9-10 NKJV)

Jesus intercedes from Heaven for each Christian. He is both love and the Word incarnate. He is the only mediator between God and human beings and is the proper and only object of a person's faith. Salvation is found in no one else. He said that if a person does not believe He is God, the great "I am", and receive Him as Lord, they will die in their sins.

The ultimate magnitude of God's love is manifested in the Cross, where the entire Trinity was involved. The Father was present as the Son paid the absolute price for the remission of sins as the final sacrificial lamb, turning away the wrath to come, and His blood was offered through the Holy Spirit for the sins of all human beings. This is the greatest mystery that came directly through Love Himself. The blood of God was shed and poured out to redeem and set free all who willingly choose to accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior and become a Christian by surrendering their life to Him.

Jesus, as a human being, loved, lived His life, and spoke like no other man has ever done or ever will. Through His act of ultimate humility, He suffered and died on the Cross as both fully God and fully human. In His act of atonement, Jesus chose to be the legal substitute for every person and took all their sins upon Himself and defeated the evil one completely for eternity at the Cross because He is love.

It was the blood of God that was shed and poured out to redeem and set free all who willingly choose to accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior and become a Christian by surrendering their life to Him.

The most profound mystery of God's love is that the King of the Universe - the beautiful God - the supreme Lord of all creation is so passionately in love with every Christian that the Bible describes it as the love of a groom for his bride!