We
have not fully recognized how great the work is that Jesus Christ accomplished
on the Cross. He not only took within
Himself the Sins of the World, He destroyed the construct of Sin as a World
order. Before Golgotha, Sin was the
universal condition of all creation. Its
poison reached into every particle until the sinless Son of Man came to
us. His body contained the damage of sin
but not its presence. When our Lord was
crucified, Sin filled Him and corrupted His body but not the being of God. Christ's death took Sin with it so that as
Resurrected Lord not even the damage of Sin could be found in Him. For the first time since Adam, the Created
Order had a Sinless place and He is the beginning of the Sinless universe. From Christ Resurrected comes Life not only
without Sin but Life undamaged by Sin.
We find in Jesus Christ raised from the dead the beginning of the wonder
of living without Sin. Can we begin to
picture life without temptation, without depression, anger, fear or selfish
craving? Have we taken time to think of
what it will be like to walk without Sin boundaries and barriers; to be united
with God and one another yet still ourselves?
No force of nature will hinder us for once more as it was before Adam,
nature will be our dominion and not our master.
Like with Jesus, the wind and waves will obey us. The earth will be our home and we will no
longer struggle with it. Work will be
our pleasure and not our curse, the days will not exhaust us and nothing new
will usher in pain. Memories will only
bring joy and dreams will never turn into nightmares. We will never be betrayed by ourselves or
others and the knee and elbow and back will forever be our friends. The light won't reveal sorrow and the friend
will remain a friend. For the first
time, we will see God and really see Him and we will never turn away from
Him. The Cross is the unveiling of Life
without Sin and the uncovering of our Lord's Love for us...we now begin to see
it; soon enough that Love will be the source of all sight.
Jesus
said, "You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You
shall see greater things than that." John
1:50 NIV
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