Monday, February 17, 2014

Salvation and the Blood and Cross of the Sacrificial Lamb of God


If you have read any of my blog, you will know that I am well convinced that Jesus or Yehoshua the Messiah or Christ fulfilled the first part of the Messianic prophecies about 2000 years ago in the city of David at Jerusalem.  Jesus fulfilled Isaiah chapter 53 and much of the other holy Scriptures.  There is more to be fulfilled.  Some of the Messianic prophecies will be fulfilled when the resurrected living Jesus returns to the Mount of Olives by descending through the sky.

Here and Now:

I need and you need to know that we are friends with God.  We do not want to have the Lord, the maker of the galaxies, to be against us.

We ask Him for faith.  When we ask Him for faith in Him, He will give it to us.  When we have faith in Jesus the Christ we are saved from falling into the pit of the lake of fire in which the evil in us would be burnt up.  We are also saved from going into the loss of the soul garment in hades - the unseen world of "the grave."  Instead we will go to Paradise if/when our bodies die.

It is plain and simple in this regard.  The man on the cross beside Jesus believed at the last minute even though he had been a terrible murderer.  Jesus said to him, "This day you will be with me in Paradise."  We do not have to know exactly what that means.  Yet, a Bible dictionary tells us that "paradise" is a word which comes from an ancient word for the garden outside the palace of the King (in Persia, if I recall).  Therefore, Paradise is a good place and is not the absolute best place, but is a good place.

What is it that saves us to Paradise?  It is the blood and the death-and-resurrection of the sacrificial Lamb of God which was and is Jesus the Christ (which means Messiah.)  By faith alone.  With no works.  Just believe in Him.  Pronounce His name and praise Him if you have a chance, for this will help your faith.  Yet, no matter what you or I have ever done, even after we first believed, we qualify to go to Paradise if we simply believe in this revealed nature of Jesus Christ:  He is your savior and my savior to get us to Paradise instead of anything destructive!

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