The Death Of One Man?
There is only one death that Father God could accept as sufficient and that was the death of humanity which is why the entire human race was brought into Jesus and then death occurred. The entire human race under Adam was totally annihilated at the point of death of our Lord and Saviour. He took all of humanity into Himself and died with them. The reason for this is that all of humanity deserved to die because of the sin of unbelief of Adam. Jesus had become in perfect union with the first Adam so much so that he was the first Adam on the cross.
Jesus who knew no sin (sin=the first Adam) was made to be sin (the fallen Adam) so he could die and redemption was instituted for all mankind at that time. Father saw the travail of His soul as the first Adam (Isaiah 53) and He was satisfied. He was satisfied that all that Adam was, was in Christ and He was taking it to its death. God was satisfied that the issue had been properly dealt with and redemption was now freely given to the entire world because Adam (sin) had been destroyed.
Jesus is called the last Adam (1 Corr 15:45) because there will never be another Adam that will bring death through sin to the world. Jesus totally destroyed the first Adam and all he represented. When He rose again He rose with a new righteous creation because all of humanity had died with Him and all of humanity was now risen to new life in Him. He rose from the dead with a new creation because He had destroyed the old race.
People are still trying to work at their own dying to sin because they cannot rest in the finished work of the cross. You do not have to work at any of that. Instead you rest in the fact it is already done. God sent His Holy Spirit to reveal to us a death already past. We can identify with that death because to identify with something means to partake of the same. We partook of that death because we were in Him and we rose again with Him as well. Some are working at trying to kill some aspect of themselves they do not particularly like.
When we look back at history we see that the people of that time knew this had happened because they even went to the extent of beginning counting years all over again and began at the year one. They knew that the old creation under Adam was gone and they were beginning in new life through Jesus and what He had done at the cross. They understood that they now had new life in Him and were no longer under law and their deeds and actions would no longer be held against them. They knew the penalty had been paid in full and the law and everything under the Old covenant had now been fulfilled. They knew all these things and saw the new life that Jesus had purchased on their behalf. They had finally been set free. And we were also set free at the same time, in Him at the cross.
Hi roy,what a great post to read again today.It is so full of the riches of the Gospel of christ.I could not stop reading this one over and over again.For this is what i began to see when the spirit of grace removed the veil from of my heart and mind to see the glory of God our Father in the face of Jesus christ.His wisdom in christ is so profound it holds me in awe.How could have any man thought of such a wonderful plan of grace and love?What a beariful picture you have shown in this post of the cross of christ,and who it has included.
This verse taken from Psa,85v10.,is one that i think shows also what happened on the day of th Lord.Where is says,Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.Resulting in love joy and peace in the spirit of grace forever.
ps,i recieved your gift today roy ie was a lovely surprise thank you both so much.
Kenneth& Linda.
A picture of the cross indeed. There is so much we don’t understand about the event of the cross and it is such a joy to see more and more of it. One thing I have seen though is that humanity under Adam was stopped in its tracks there and a new creation arose. The full extent of it escapes us for sure but what little we know is just awesome.
Glad the little gift reached you ok. I saw that in a store and thought it would be nice for you to have.
Thank God the old man is gone and the new man can live free with a loving God as our Father. Great post Roy.
Cliff, thanks for the comment . The old man is dead is a song I heard a long time ago. I don’t know by whom or anything but that is so true that the old man IS dead….we just have to realize it is.
Roy can i say when i first seen our death with Christ,My friend David had called to see me that day.And all i kept saying to him was I’m dead I’m dead.Well you may guess the surprise that was on his face when he heard me say this to him.But when i explained he also saw for the first time just what it meant to be dead with Christ.This was the spirit of grace removing the veil from of our hearts and minds and revealing Christ in us.We just where beginning to see the true gospel roy.So you may guess the joy we began to experience when we also found out we were made alive with him also to never experience spiritual death again.And as Cliff has said,
Thank God the old man is gone and the new man can live free with a loving God as our Father.
luv ya bros,
Kenneth.
Kenneth, not only dead but alive as well. Quite a revelation to say the least.
Roy and a treasure in these earthen vessels so full of the riches that are in christ.I see you each day roy showing forth these riches freely given to us in christ,Continue in his love always my friend,
kenneth
Roy we can reading about this gospel everyday and will always be fresh.This gospel of Jesus Christ has no end and will always bless a person heart.
Keep preaching this wonderful gospel of Jesus Christ.
Love in Christ Dan
Dan, I always appreciate your comments. The gospel is fresh daily indeed. No end is right.
Good blog! And I would like to share with my friends.