The Breach

Sin caused a breach in the perfect relationship between Adam and his Creator. Abraham, the descendant of Adam pleased God because of his faith. Faith is the "holy grail," the "rites of passage." Do anything you want but without FAITH it is impossible to please God. (Hebrews 11:6)

Man before the breach, or separation, was immortal, but because of a Law of God which made sin punishable by death, mankind lost his immortality. God is Life and separation from God who is Life causes Death - it is a principle as sure as the Law of Gravity.

Since Death was not God's intention for man, God had prepared a plan to repair the breach and restore man so that men could live forever as God had intended. Following God's instructions, men in Israel began to sacrifice lambs and other animals who symbolically took on the sins of the people and paid the "wages of death."

This pleased God, but only temporarily. And so the animal sacrifices had to be made continually because Israel sinned continually. Besides, the sacrifices were officiated by priests who were themselves sinners who also needed to be forgiven. Where it may seem that an animal's death could not adequately achieve full satisfaction of God's Law, all we know from the bible is that "blood" is required for the remission of sin; it does not necessarily say that it has to be human blood!

Nevertheless, it seems logical to me that the "perfect" fulfillment of the legal requirement would be that the "soul that sins shall die."

Jesus Christ, the descendant of Abraham pleased God and was the perfect sacrifice; the "Lamb of God." He is "The Way" to God because He is God.

- Jerome Bogan

The next excerpt is credited to an author I found on line who calls himself "Spirit Word."

"During the Old Testament times God commanded Israel to offer animal sacrifices for sin in order to establish symbols pointing to the true and ultimate sacrifice for sins, the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ. Just as animals, typically a lamb without blemish (Exodus 12:5) was offered as a sin offering in order to appease God's wrath upon man, in the fullness of time Jesus Christ Himself came as the true sacrifice for mankind. Jesus is the lamb without blemish because he was the only man who has ever lived without sin, He was indeed perfect and thus was also the perfect sacrifice. The blood of bulls, goats and rams were shadows and symbols pointing to the reality that was to come, they in themselves *cannot* take away sin. (Hebrews 10:1-4) God used animals as symbols for a short period in history in order to demonstrate to mankind what His salvation plan would be.

In the book of Exodus chapter 12 we read about the Jewish Passover. In order for the Israelites to escape the last plague God would send upon Egypt they needed to sacrifice a lamb and put the lamb's blood on the doorposts of their homes. When the angel of death would come and kill every first born in Egypt, anyone who had the lamb's blood on their houses was spared from the calamity. After this final plague, Israel was released from Egypt and freed from their bondage to Pharaoh. God commanded Israel to remember that day and so this became the celebration of the Jewish Passover which the Jews have celebrated for many many centuries.

Christ came as the true Lamb of God, the true sacrifice in order that mankind might be spared from eternal death and released from their bondage to sin and to Satan. Notice also that Christ was crucified on the exact day of the Jewish Passover celebration! What beautiful fulfillment of the scriptures we have here!

Ultimately Jesus Christ is called the Lamb of God because He was crucified on the cross so that all mankind may be free from bondage to sin and Satan. He is the only one we can put our trust in for our eternal salvation and the only one that can forgive us of our sins. The payment for sin is eternal death which means that in order for Christ to save anyone and be the perfect sacrifice He Himself would have to pay the price... No animal sacrifice can do what is equivalent to the work Christ has done on the cross which is why Jesus is called the Lamb of God."

If we have not been forgiven by God through the blood of Jesus Christ, the Lamb, we will have to pay the punishment for our sins in an eternity of suffering and torment. (Romans 6:23) All those that believe and trust on Jesus will be saved from the last and final plague to hit mankind, eternal death.

Romans 10:9 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."

Joh 5:24 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."

God calls out to each one of us to believe on the Lamb that was crucified and to put our faith and trust in Him and in the Word of God for our salvation. If we will acknowledge our sins, believe on Christ and the Word and repent of our sins God will save us!

John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
- Spirit Word