In Sunday School our Pastor showed us God's consistent character in a light I had not considered before. In Jesus' time death by crucifixion was the most horrendous, painful, humiliating and drawn out execution on earth. The symbol of a cross was terrifying, hopeless, and the end of everything.
Now, it is joy, help, and the beginning of eternal life. It is the only event that washes away sin in the past, the present, and in the future. It allows God to see us through the blood of Christ as the perfect creation he had in mind when he spoke the world into existence!
It is the ultimate understanding of Genesis 50:20, "But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive."
Now, it is joy, help, and the beginning of eternal life. It is the only event that washes away sin in the past, the present, and in the future. It allows God to see us through the blood of Christ as the perfect creation he had in mind when he spoke the world into existence!
It is the ultimate understanding of Genesis 50:20, "But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive."