Justice and Mercy part 5

In His mercy, God supplied a temporary covering for Adam and Eve’s sin. But, the shedding of blood of innocent animals in place of man could only temporarily take care of man’s sin problem. (Genesis 3:21)

"For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins." - Hebrews 10:4 KJV

God’s justice required a man without sin to pay the price of man’s sin with death.

God looked for a man without sin that could pay the price, but there was no one.

Therefore God Himself brought salvation, because only He is righteous and without sin, and with a love beyond our imagination that was willing to suffer and die a horrid death for you and me.

"And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him." - Isaiah 59:16 KJV

The arm of the Lord represents God’s power, especially His power to redeem.

"Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:" - Exodus 6:6 KJV

While the arm of the Lord brought the children of Israel out of cruel bondage of Egypt, the arm of the Lord would now bring all of mankind out of the bondage of sin and death.

To be continued…