17 Jun '17 11:06>2 edits
Since Adam fell God has had a three-fold demand upon man. Without meeting this demand of God we are condemned in His judgment.
Remember that tree of life was guarded by a cherubim with a flaming sword which turned in every direction to prevent man from approaching.
The cherubim represented the glory of God. There was the demand that man has now fallen short of the glory of God.
The sword to strike to death represented the righteousness of God. Man has become sinful falling short of both the glory and righteousness of God.
The flame of the sword represents the holiness of God. God is distinct and different from all other things that exist. It is a sacred difference which the Bible calls "holy". God alone is "holy" in His being.
Without the atoning sacrifice of the Son of God the demand of God's glory, the demand of God's righeousness, and the demand of God's holiness keep fallen man away and separated from coming to God.
Jesus Christ has met the three-fold demand of God upon the fallen race so that Jesus Christ becomes the very propitiation place where God and man may meet.
Here in Jesus Christ we can come to meet with God without being condemned by the law of God, without being slain by His righteous judgment and without being excluded by His holiness and glory.
Remember that tree of life was guarded by a cherubim with a flaming sword which turned in every direction to prevent man from approaching.
The cherubim represented the glory of God. There was the demand that man has now fallen short of the glory of God.
The sword to strike to death represented the righteousness of God. Man has become sinful falling short of both the glory and righteousness of God.
The flame of the sword represents the holiness of God. God is distinct and different from all other things that exist. It is a sacred difference which the Bible calls "holy". God alone is "holy" in His being.
Without the atoning sacrifice of the Son of God the demand of God's glory, the demand of God's righeousness, and the demand of God's holiness keep fallen man away and separated from coming to God.
Jesus Christ has met the three-fold demand of God upon the fallen race so that Jesus Christ becomes the very propitiation place where God and man may meet.
Here in Jesus Christ we can come to meet with God without being condemned by the law of God, without being slain by His righteous judgment and without being excluded by His holiness and glory.
" Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; Whom God set forth as a PROPITIATION PLACE through faith in His blood, ..." (Rom. 3:24,25a)