the Message.

The Christian message.

The Christian message is a beautiful one. Its about redemption and love. about humility and grace.

Sin, being the descendants of Adam and Eve who disobeyed God in the garden. He asked them not to eat of the fruit but they, being deceived by the serpent who twisted Gods words and questioned them saying " did God really say you will die if you eat of the fruit ". Because of this, we have been cursed being thrown out of the garden of eden as a punishment. And Sin is the cause of the disobedience towards God. This cuts of the relationship between us and Him.  And because being cut off from God, we are infact considered spiritually dead.

God knew there was nothing we can do out of our own efforts to save ourselves. So He decided to pay the price. The ultimate sacrifice. Sending His beloved sinless and blameless son to bear all our sins so we may live. He is the great bridge builder, relationship mender. Full of mercy, justice and grace. In exchange for Us, He gave His only Son. God rose from the death on the third day and conquered sin. And also in this beautiful exchange, He gave the Spirit of Truth that would be within us as a Helper, we are not left alone, no more orphans. ( John 14:15..)

In the old testament, they sacrifice blemish free spotless lamb to the Lord for forgiveness of sin or for worship or devotion offering. This was the act, the shadow of what was to come, which was the sacrifice of the Perfect lamb, the spotless son of God, Jesus Christ. 

Even the history of Moses and the crossing the red sea out of Egypt is an illustration of the redemption through Christ. Egypt represents sin and how sin prisons us. Its a place of bondage. Moses He represents the Law. Joshua represents Jesus and the Red sea , the Blood of Christ that has made a way for us into His Kingdom represented with Canaan. 

If you read again the story of Moses, you can see that The Isrealites ( reflection of us) were brought out of Egypt, our sinful past . As they cross the red sea, the enemies came after them but they were drowned by the Sea. ( the blood of Christ washes away our sin ). Moses which represented the Law, was not able to go into Canaan, this is to say that the Law can't save us. Joshua ( Hebrew name for Jesus) on the other hand was the one who lead the people into Canaan, and he represented Christ, Jesus.

If you actually read the Old testament, you can see how it has representations of what was going to come in the New Testament. The coming of Christ!.

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