The will of the Father is that mankind, (His creation), would be reconciled to Him. So He sent His Son “in the likeness of sinful flesh;” that “through death He (the Son) might destroy him (the devil) that had the power of death; and deliver (us) who ...were ...subject to (a lifetime of) bondage.” [2 Cor 5:18; Rom 8:3; Heb 2:14-15]
Abba accomplished this reconciliation by sending Jesus, the Tree of Life; that we were banished from (in the garden), to us; that, after we were redeemed by the blood of the Lamb; and indwelt by His Spirit, we might be able to “Take (and) eat of the Tree of Life” and “be connected to, and sustained by, another energy” (from above). [Gen 3:22; 1 Cor 11:24; Rev 2:7; Pastor]
Hence, just as the first bite in the garden connected mankind to the “energy of death,” our second bite (of the flesh of Christ, by faith; and the respondent kiss of the Spirit) connected us to the “energy of (eternal) Life.”
[Pastor]
What an exchange.
ThenSingsMySoul:
BREAKING THE CURSE, OF OUR CONDITION
PERFECTION TOOK OUR PLACE
WHEN ONLY LOVE
COULD MAKE A WAY
YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE
IN A BEAUTIFUL EXCHANGE
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