Look what God did to secure forgiveness for us once and for all.To insure we would have the right relationship with him. It starts with Jesus' execution. He was lifted up in the same way that the snake was lifted up on a pole in Moses' day so that the people could look upon it and be forgiven for their sins. Jesus allowed his flesh to be crushed, ripped and torn that He might fulfill His God-given mission to bring redemption to the world.
Jesus mission was to remove the sins off the backs of men and put them on His own. He took upon himself the punishment we deserved for our sins, and he suffered on behalf of us. He endured the excruciating pain of His execution knowing that his death would result in spiritual restoration, for those who put their trust in him. Like a lamb being led to slaughter, he yeilded to His fate without resistance. He was the lamb of God who continues to take away the sins of the world. Jesus was God's sacrificial lamb, a lamb slaughtered on the altar as an atoning sacrifice. He was the scapegoat, the one who separates sin from the sinner, so God can look at us sinners and see us as sinless. Jesus took on the sins of all mankind and was sacrificed on our behalf, God's demand for justice was satisfied.
Now He sits at the right hand of God, where he intercedes on the behalf of all believers. What was needed to purchase redemption for man was done through Jesus' sacrificial death on the cross, where he bore our iniquities, and poured his life out unto death to secure forgiveness."behold the love of God!
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