What We Lost With Adam We Gained With Christ
It is God’s will that everyone be saved. He has given us all He can to help us make the transformation. He invites all to Him for forgiveness, living water, fullness of life. In Adam all die. Through Christ we can have eternal life.
In the Levitical system, you brought your blood sacrifice to the temple and the priest presented your sacrifice behind the temple veil. This is behavioral righteousness. Behavioral righteousness cannot and was never intended to take away sin. The priest, who goes to God for people, was the representative for atonement of sins. This only hid the sin until the next ceremonious sacrifice.
Jesus came to TAKE AWAY and remove sin. Our sin was blotted out. Our sins were nailed to His cross. He was made to be sin for us, nailed to the cross, and blotted out all transgressions.
God desires to fellowship with man. He wants us to share His love and tell about Christ our Savior. The fellowship we lost in the garden with Adam, we regained with the death of Jesus.
Hebrews 10:15-22
15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:
16“This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the LORD. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.”
17Then he adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
18And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.
19Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
20by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body,
21and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
22let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
We have access to the holy of holies. The veil was torn from top to bottom. We can now go boldly to the throne of God and have fellowship with Him.