Here I am It is written about Me in the scroll
The blood sacrifice of live animals did not give a substitutionary sacrifice as an atonement for sin. As it says in Hebrews 9: 9 This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices
being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. And in Hebrews 10:4-7 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Therefore, when CHRIST came into the world, He said:
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me; with burnt offerings and sin offerings You were not pleased. Then I said, Here I am It is written about Me in the scroll. I have come to do Your will, O GOD.
GOD didn't want animals to to suffer and die for their blood. GOD grieves with all suffering. But we needed a picture and a reminder of our salvation which is through CHRIST's blood only. CHRIST's Death, Burial, and Resurrection was accomplished for all men throughout time. All we need do is accept our sin and our need of CHRIST as our Savior to be literally placed in CHRIST for His atonement through His Death, Burial, and Resurrection. Galations 2:20 I have been crucified with CHRIST and I no longer live, but CHRIST lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of GOD, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
GOD didn't want sin and He didn't want sacrifice. It is kind of like a fire extinguisher. People don't have fire extinguishers because they like them. We have them because we don't like what fire can do to our homes and property. In that same way, GOD says sacrifice and offering is not what I wanted. I wanted My people to be obedient, but they chose to sin, therefore there must be a sacrifice.
Also we do not have substitutionary atonement. If you need life-saving surgery will it do any good for me to have it for you? Of course not. In the story of Moses and the Israelites at the Red Sea (Ex. 14), they are trapped on all sides by death; death behind them by the Egyptians; death to the right and to the left of them by desert; death in front of them by the Red Sea. Then Moses (a picture of JESUS) said, “I will take you through death.” If Israelites had tried to go through the sea without Moses they would have died. If Moses had crossed and said, “ok I went through the sea, now you can be saved,” the Egyptian soldiers would have rode up and killed them. This story is a picture of CHRIST's Death, Burial, and Resurrection. There is no substitution. We must go through death, but when we accept GOD's gift of Salvation, He literally put us back through time into CHRIST.
CHRIST carries us through death and we are resurrected with Him.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is IN CHRIST, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
In Exodus 1:22-2:3, Moses mother placed him in a basket covered in pitch, and put it in the river. If she had put him in the river without the basket, he would have died. Moses in this story is a picture of us (GOD’s people), the river is death, the word pitch in the original translation means redemption. We will eternally die unless we are placed into JESUS redemption, before being put into death.
Our relationship to GOD is like Judah and Benjamin. Joseph would not except the brothers without Benjamin. Judah tried to exchange himself for Benjamin, but Joseph would not take him as a substitute (just like GOD will not take JESUS as our substitute). Benjamin could not come to Joseph without Judah (we cannot come to GOD without JESUS). Judah must bring Benjamin to Joseph. (JESUS must bring us to GOD in Him) JESUS doesn't go to GOD without us. He brings us with Him in CHRIST's Death, Burial, and Resurrection. The tribe of Judah is the lineage of JESUS. GOD never said He would save us from death, but He did say I will take you to the place of death and out again. The LORD’s people are not His because of what they do or could do, but because of who they are after being put into CHRIST's Death, Burial, and Resurrection. If you are a partaker of CHRIST's Death, Burial, and Resurrection, He gives you His righteousness.
JESUS not being of this world; being sinless, blameless, could not be held by death. When JESUS went to the cross and took us and our sins on Him, death had hold over Him; the second He died (and us because we were in Him.), the law was satisfied and said, “I cannot hold You, You are blameless,” and had no more power over Him or us in Him. JESUS by God's power raised us out of the realm of death, and death, even physical death has lost it sting; the power to make us afraid and to hurt us (Eph. 1:19-20, Eph. 2:5-6, 1Cor. 15:55-57).
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of GOD is eternal life in JESUS CHIRST our LORD.
The adamic man (us born into the world) by his sinful nature is paid wages for his sins. That wage is death. Death is the result of sin. The penalty that will satisfy the law's demand is JESUS‘s death. No other death will do anything to satisfy the law. But the gift of GOD (our salvation in CHRIST) is eternal life through JESUS CHIRST our LORD.
GOD’s law says the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23a). In order for the law to be satisfied all sinners must die. GOD’s mercy says, "I know that this man is guilty and I have the power and the right to pass the sentence on him that he deserves, however because of My great love for him, I don’ t want him to suffer."(Ephesians 2:4). The law still demands that the soul that sins shall die. If you have someone who has committed no crime, and someone says, “I will pay his debt,” Is the law satisfied? No. The law demands that the soul that sins shall die. The law is GOD’s profile, His reflection. Therefore the law is perfect, right and true. GOD gave us the law to show us where we are and where GOD is. In order for us to be with GOD, the law must be satisfied.
GOD’s law says, “you’re a sinner, you must die.” GOD’s love says, “I love him.” GOD’s, mercy says “I don t want him to suffer.” GOD’s righteousness says, “one who has not sinned cannot take the place of the sinner, allowing the sinner to go free.” GOD’s grace then says, “I know how to satisfy the law, righteousness, and mercy. (Eph. 1:7). I will send My Son, not to take his (humanity's) place, but to take him through death” (Gal.2:20, Eph. 2:13-16).
This way the law is satisfied, because we die with CHRIST. (2 Timothy 2:11). Mercy is also satisfied because we are alive in CHRIST through His resurrection (Roman s 6:4-11). Righteousness is satisfied because since JESUS was sinless, He was able to be resurrected. Since we are put into CHRIST’s death, we are now imputed with CHRIST’s righteousness and are therefore able to be resurrected with Him (2 Cor. 5:21).
So JESUS didn’t die instead us, or take our place in death. That would break God s law. He took us through death. I am crucified with CHRIST and yet I live! (Gal. 2:20)
Read Romans 6
The story of Joseph is a perfect picture of JESUS and GOD the Father. Joseph wore four coats. Four is a number that represents JESUS. Joseph had a special relationship with his father. He was given a coat of his father's favor. Jacob sent Joseph to see his brothers (JESUS had a coat of GOD the Father's favor. JESUS was sent by His Father to us).
Before Joseph reached them, they saw him and were angry and rejected him.
(JESUS was hated and rejected in the distance before He got to us).
Then the coat of his father's favor was ripped off of Joseph. Joseph was made a slave.
(The coat of JESUS’s father's favor was taken from Him and JESUS put on the slave coat of the likeness of sinful man and the sins of the world were put on JESUS. Romans 8:3, Phil 2:7)
Then the slave coat was ripped violently off Joseph when Potifer's wife grabbed Joseph's coat and accused him. Then Joseph was put in prison.
(The slave coat of the likeness of sinful man was ripped violently off of JESUS when He was accused and sent to the prison of death).
While Joseph was in prison, there were two prisoners (a baker and a cupbearer), who had dreams. Joseph interpreted those dreams. The baker died, but the cupbearer was restored to his place in the palace. Joseph asked the cupbearer before he left, to tell the king about HIM (Joseph). He (the cupbearer) forgot about Joseph until the king had a dream, then he told the king about Joseph.
(We are to spread the news of the Gospel to the world. When we don’t do it, we are like the cupbearer who forgot to tell the king. If people don't hear the Gospel, how JESUS died and was resurrected to save us from our sins, it would be just as if He was never resurrected. )
The prison coat was taken off when Joseph was taken out of prison and he was given a coat of authority that was never taken off. (JESUS was raised from the dead, and seated at the right hand of the Father and given authority that has never been reversed.)
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