Gospel Reflections #690: Jesus has placed us into His hands

Ephesians 5:27 "That he might present before him a holy, spotless, glorious church, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing."

Not only does Jesus the Mediator want us to do what Christ did, just as He loved us and gave Himself for us, but He also pleads that all who have won by faith in His blood may be forgiven of their sins and return again to their Edenic homeland to inherit with Him their former lordship. He pleads with them to return to the homeland of Eden and become heirs of the former sovereignty with Jesus.

By deceiving and tempting mankind, Satan wanted to frustrate God's plan in the creation of mankind.

But Christ now demands that this plan be carried out as if man had never fallen.

Christ demands not only full and sufficient forgiveness and justification for us, His people, but also that we come to His glory and sit with Him.

Christ makes no excuses for our sins, but accepts our repentance and faith, claims our forgiveness, lifts up His own wounded hands before the Heavenly Father and the angels, and declares that He knows our names, that He has carved us into His own folds, and that we are His sons and daughters.

He proclaims that He has carved us into His own palm.

The Last and Final Judgement is not our judgement, but the time when Jesus vindicates us and proves to the whole universe that we belong to Christ.

That is what is taking place in heaven.

AUTHOR'S BIO: This Gospel Reflections page is written by Masae San, who resides in Hiroshima, Japan. Masae is a dedicated student of the Bible with a deep passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She shares her daily reflections on Gospel perspectives to reach out to others and spread the message of God's true love through a Christ-centered approach. We are sharing her insights here so that you, too, can experience the joy that comes from knowing and understanding the true Gospel and the love of God through Jesus Christ.