First off, I'm sorry for the delay of this post. It's no excuse, but the holidays were crazy, so to catch you all up, in the next week I will be posting everything I've failed to get up until the current message. Try and keep up with me, because it's going to move quickly...
(like, "three posts today" quickly.)
This post is the answer to the cliffhanging question that I left off on in my previous article. If you have not read Part I, you can catch up HERE.
To understand fully what Jesus did for us and WHY we even celebrate His birth we have to understand that Jesus is the entire point of the bible. Every book of the bible has at least some reference to Christ. This is a concept I learned through my pastoral training in a lesson taught by Reverend Tony Cooke, which I will paraphrase.
The Old Testament is Preparation for Jesus.
Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures. Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?” Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?” Then he said, “When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. (Luke 24:25-27, 32, 44, 45 NLT)
The Gospels are the Manifestation (birth and acts) of Jesus.
In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son. (John 1:1-5, 14 NLT)
The Book of Acts Shows the Application of Christ's Message Through the Works of the Apostles, by the Holy Spirit.
In my first book I told you, Theophilus, about everything Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions through the Holy Spirit. (Acts 1:1, 2 NLT)
The Epistles are an Explanation of Who Jesus is and What He Accomplished.
The Gospels documented the history and facts of Jesus' life. The Epistles document how the history and facts relate to us, the believer, now.
Lastly, the Book of Revelation Explains the Future Return of Christ and His Kingdom's Reign.
So now that it is evident that every single part of our faith revolves around CHRIST. Genesis to Revelation -- it is ALL about CHRIST! Understanding this is the key to understanding how the Abrahamic Blood Covenant relates to Christmas.
I asked before how the story of Abraham and Isaac related to the Christmas story. The answer is actually quite simple.
And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me.” (Genesis 22:18 NLT)
That promise... The one in italics above... The one that God made to Abraham regarding his future descendants who would bless ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH...
JESUS!
That promise was fulfilled the day that CHRIST was born, a descendant of Abraham. That day we all celebrate as Christmas was the fulfillment of the BLOOD COVENANT that GOD cut with Abraham and the BEGINNING of the BLOOD COVENANT that He would cut with us.
To sum it all up, JESUS was the One Who was born of sinless blood (science proves that your blood comes from your father and His Father is the sinless God). Not just that, He took our sin upon Him to pay OUR DEBT. But not even only that... His blood was shed to enter us into a NEW BLOOD COVENANT! Every step He took throughout His crucifixion fulfilled each one of the nine steps taken to achieve the Hebrew Blood Covenant so that WE could enter into a NEW contact with God!
How awesome is our God?
In later posts I will try to explain what all this means for us believers.
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