Patrikin – Kinship through The Father

[God’s] Son … by himself purged our sins” — Hebrews 1:3b

It couldn’t be the Father or the Holy Spirit, or even an angel, it had to be Christ alone and here’s why — God submitted this earth to mankind’s rule.

Remember Genesis?

“God spoke: “Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth.” — Genesis 1:26-28 (The Message)

God’s plan required a human to rule. But the humans in charge became hopelessly dominated by sinister forces.

God’s unbelievable answer? Become human and take back the authority as a human. Imagine the sacrifice and the Love — voluntarily becoming human, not for a short time but for all eternity forward. Jesus bodily raised from the dead. Though his body has changed (as ours shall – 1John 3:2), it is still human and shall be human forever.

Christ legitimately reigns in the system he created.

“Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life! One man said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man said yes to God and put many in the right.” — Romans 5:18-19 (The Message Bible)

One more:

“Since the children are made of flesh and blood, it’s logical that the Savior took on flesh and blood in order to rescue them by his death. By embracing death, taking it into himself, he destroyed the Devil’s hold on death and freed all who cower through life, scared to death of death. — Hebrews 2:14-15 (The Message Bible)

That took guts! and Love!

— fritz@langgang.com