comments
Media
• LESSON 10 (March 8) • “It is Finished” The first nine lessons of this study (and the thousands of years’ worth of historical scope we’ve worked to wrap our minds around) have been gradually building and persistently pointing to an incredible moment.What did the LORD God’s dark promise to the serpent in Genesis 3:15 mean? How would it be fulfilled?“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”What did John the Baptist intend to convey in John 1:29 when he pointed at Jesus of Nazareth and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world”? Why would the author of Hebrews write what he did in Hebrews 10:1-4? So much blood had been shed! But…Since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.And Paul? On what basis could he draw the worldview-altering connections contained in Galatians 3:19-29? Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary. Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one. 2Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.