Jesus – The Mediator

“But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this cause He is the mediator of the New Testament that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance… Hebrews 9:11-15.”

In the Garden of Eden, paradise was lost. God was now separated from man, and there was nothing that man could do to apart from God’s mercy to be made right with his Creator.

Throughout the Old Testament, God had a series of animal sacrifices that were a forerunner of the perfect sacrifice that Jesus made at Calvary. The sacrifices had to usually be a lamb without spot or blemish, this pointed to the sinless Lamb of God, who was totally without sin in any shape or form.

Through these animal sacrifices God would impart mercy, but not salvation. That would come later for those who looked forward to the Messiah (Christ) who gave His life for our sins. Through His blood, we receive redemption and life everlasting. What happens at that moment is that your conscience is purged and you are freed from the dead works you once did; you now serve a new master, this is what happened to the Apostle Paul. In the Book of Philippians, he counts all of his past accomplishments as dung, a total waste. His relationship with Christ was the only thing that mattered. And that should be the same for us as well.

The Old Testament or covenant was carried out by a series of sacrifices and rituals, so that the Children of Israel could experience the presence of God. But Jesus has made a New Testament or New covenant. Later in Hebrews it is called “a new and living way.” Hebrews 10:19-22

Jesus is the mediator of that covenant. He and He alone is the only one who could bring us back into fellowship with the Father. The sacrifice had to be perfect, it had to be better and it had to once. It was all of these things, because it was made by Jesus, the sinless Son of God.

Jesus is my sacrifice; He sacrificed His life for me. He has called me to receive an eternal inheritance. Why has He called me? Because He set his love upon me before the foundation of the world. That is why I can Say. WHAT A GLORIOUS SACRIFICE…WHAT A GLORIOUS SALVATION…WHAT A GLORIOUS SAVIOR.

Jesus died for me
Set His divine love on me
To give me eternal salvation
And to glorify His name.

God bless you, Keith