1. Jesus, The Second Adam
The seed of the woman (Jesus) that came into the world was the "second Adam." What the first Adam lost, the second Adam (Jesus) restored! In 1 Corinthians 15:45 we see that "the first Adam was made a living soul; and the last Adam was made a quickening spirit." When Jesus came he came with no spiritual death since his conception was of the Holy Spirit and not of man. Scripture tells us "God made him (Jesus) who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:21). As the second Adam Jesus:
- Redeemed us from the curse of the law (Galatians 3:13)
- Delivered us from "spiritual death."
- Became sin, sickness, and a curse for us.
- Became the "firstborn from the dead." (Colossians 1:18)
2. Man Can Now Approach God
When Jesus died on the cross, the veil of the temple was rent (torn) in two. This means no longer is there a veil that separates man from God and man can now approach God with confidence and boldness (Hebrews 4:16). No longer is an earthly high priest needed for us to come before God. Jesus became our High Priest and took His blood into the Holy of Holies and there attained eternal redemption for us and thereby allowing access to God.
3. Where Jesus Went When He Died
In Matthew 12:40 Jesus said "For as Jonas was three days and nights, in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." When Jesus died, he went to hell (Paradise) to rescue the righteous souls and take them to heaven. It's important to note that during that time his body didn't see corruption, but was raised from the dead. God loosed Christ from the bonds of death, which had no more claim on Him when He paid the debt for man and conquered death (Acts 2:24).
4. What Jesus Did While In The Lower Parts Of The Earth
"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water." (1 Peter 3:18:20). Jesus went to the lower parts of the earth and it was there he preached doom to those in hell and took the keys of death and hell.
5. Jesus Led Captivity Captive
"Wherefore he saith, when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)" (Ephesians 4:8-10). When a person dies now they don't go to paradise they go directly to heaven. The Bible says "to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord." Jesus actually took our place and died and suffered for us that we might be redeemed from spiritual death. Jesus won back our authority over the devil that Adam gave up that we might have life and have it more abundantly.
Praise God that through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ we have been redeemed from sin, sickness, poverty, and the curse of the law. And have been given authority to tread on the devil and his demons. Redemption is ours and can be yours!
-- Pastor Temple
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