The consequences of the fall of Man. “Then the eyes of both of them opened, and they knew they were naked, so they sawed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.” Genesis 3:7, NET. The first thing that happened was that humankind, in Adam, lost God’s image. The glory of God no longer covered
Humankind sins. In his effort to find a home, Satan approached the woman in the Garden of Eden. He cleverly rearranged the words in God’s command and asked the woman if it was true that God commanded the human pair what fruit they could eat and what not. His goal was to engage her in
The fall of humankind. The deliberate, intelligent decision made by the human spirit that God gave to the first-man Adam could only result in two states. A correct decision would make the human spirit perfect. (This fact has been demonstrated by Jesus in the desert. Hebrews 2:10, 18.) A wrong intelligent decision by the first
Why did humankind need a Savior, continued? Since intelligent decisions are irrevocable and irreversible, whatever the first man – Adam decided at the beginning of human history applied to humanity throughout its history. The decision by the representative of humankind – Adam had to remain such without the possibility of reversal. Because the first –
Why did the Messiah have to come? To answer this question, we need to start with humankind’s creation and what happened to it subsequently. When we understand humankind’s creation and fall, we will understand why Christ, the Savior, had to come to the earth. Also, we will understand whether Jesus accomplished everything humankind could not
Satan’s attempt to kill the Messiah. “So the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is going to rule over all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne, and she fled into the wilderness where a place had been by God,
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Why did Satan so fiercely oppose the coming of the Messiah? Satan knew that the child Jesus, whom he wanted to kill, would overthrow him as the prince of this world. Satan knew that God planned to save humankind from guilt and punishment for sin and return the earth to his Dominion. Therefore, Satan was
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Satan’s evil plans concerning the baby Messiah. “Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman
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Our benefit from the Cross of Christ. We concluded that Jesus offered his sanctified body as the Mercy Seat for the removal of sin we committed in the Garden of Eden by having our sinful spirit, life, die the second death in his body. “So when he came into the world, he said, Sacrifice and
The annual atonement ritual performed by Aaron’s priesthood had two parts. The first part was the sacrifice for sin. The second was the transfer of the people’s sins onto a scapegoat. The earthly annual atonement ritual was a shadow that pointed to the cross of Christ. It also reminded the people that God would remove
How did we die in Jesus? The Cross of Christ is a joy for everyone because sinful humankind died in Jesus Christ on the cross at Golgotha as the wage for sin. “For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all died.” 2 Corinthians 5:14,
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The seventh trumpet continued. Throughout humankind’s history before the Messiah, God reminded the faithful that his mystery would soon be fulfilled. “This is what the Lord says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed.” Isaiah 56:1, NIV. More than one thousand
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The Seventh Trumpet “Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.” Revelation 11:15, NET. The noun Christ in Greek, and Messiah in Hebrew and
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