I’m talking today about why Jesus had to die.
Hebrews 2:14 says, “For as much then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood; he also himself, likewise took part in the same that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death (that is the devil) AND deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. Scripture says that without the shedding of blood, there is no remission. Sin can’t be cancelled without the shedding of blood.
God always wanted the sin to be taken away and not merely covered up. You see, in the old testament, the Levitical law that was set in the old testament merely allowed for God to treat people like sin was not there for one year. Atonement is an old testament word that means to cover. The high priest would minister his high priestly duties and sprinkle blood of the sacrificial animal on the books and on the people and all the utensils of worship; and then he would proclaim that this is the blood of the testament that God had in treated to the people. And on the day of atonement it was a great day because people were sprinkled with the blood of the animal to cover sin.
God was not satisfied in those offerings, but he did that and said that so that he could eventually let Jesus take sin away. We’re talking about why Jesus Christ had to die. And so Jesus Christ died in order to destroy the devil. You see, because of sin the devil had authority; and mankind was in bondage and slaves and being controlled by unrighteousness. Mankind was being controlled and mankind was a slave to wickedness, sickness, and disease. Controlled people. The curse of poverty was controlling mankind and hell was our destiny. But Jesus Christ died to destroy the devil.
The definition for destroy is to reduce something to nothingness or to take away its power and function so that restoration is impossible. Destroy, demolish, raise, implies reducing a thing to uselessness. So Jesus Christ died and when he died he destroyed the devil. So how did that happen? Christ Jesus, Jesus the Christ lived in a physical body when he was on the Earth. In order to be legal on the Earth a spirit being must live in a body that is made out of dirt. You see, the 14 verse of Hebrews the 2nd chapter, “Far as much then as much as the children are partakers of flesh and blood. He also himself took part in the same.” You see, Jesus had to have a body in order to be legal on the Earth. He wanted to legally take away sin as a man while living in a body; a physical body Christ with us.
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You can see in Hebrews the 10th chapter that in the 4th verse, the scripture reveals that God prepared Jesus Christ a body so that Jesus Christ could do what God wanted done in the Earth. God was not satisfied with sins being covered. The Lord came to take away sin. Hebrews 10:4, the 4th verse says, “for it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sin, wherefore when He cometh into the world He said, sacrifices and offerings thou wouldest not but a body had thou prepared me.” You see, the Lord prepared Jesus Christ a body so that he could be legal and take away sin and thereby destroy the devil and reduce him to nothingness. And take away his power and his function so that restoration would be impossible.
And that’s what Jesus Christ came to do, to do destroy the works of the devil and he destroyed him that had the power of darkness. So, you see the 6th verse says, “In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sins thou hath had no pleasure then said I, low I come in the volume of the book it is written of me to do thy will oh God. So Jesus Christ had to live in a physical body so that he could legally do the will of God, which was to take away sin and that’s what he did. And Jesus through death he destroyed the devil.
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