The "JESUS NAME" Project

Romans 4:25 “Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God”....

I was reading and came across this verse and it spoke to me, leaped off the page and made me want to search it out further. When this happens, I find it so amazing how much closer my relationship to the Lord Jesus becomes...He wants to share what is hidden in His word, he waits for the moments, when we are teachable ,ready to digest it’s meaning. Many times I had read this scripture and never took notice of its significance until today...I hope you will be blessed by what I discovered...

In Leviticus 23 it goes into great detail and explains Gods plan for Atonement to the people of Israel. The details are set in order and are to be followed precisely. This was a very important time of the year for the Israelites, Lev. 23:18 as seven unblemished lambs of the first year, a young bullock and two rams are sacrificed and are to be for a burnt offering to the Lord. Lev.23:19 then you shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. The high priest would take this blood and sprinkle the blood upon the mercy seat of the Ark of the Covenant. To make atonement to God, for the sins of the people, to make a time of deep repentance upon the people, only then the sins would be forgiven for that year. The priest would have to take great care and reverence upon even entering into this place with God. For this place was the Holiest of Holy’s. There needed to be a blood sacrifice to cover the sins of the people. Without the blood, there was no remission of sins. This would conciliate the people with God again, those sins were covered...a fresh start, with a slate wiped clean. This was done year after year for this was the only way to bring atonement for the sins of the people. So getting back to Romans 4:25, Whom God hath set forth to be a “propitiation”...Propitiation means to Make well, to appease to conciliate the earliest recorded form of the word is propitiatorium which means “ the mercy seat, place of atonement”... Through faith in His Blood! The very Blood of Jesus that was shed at his crucifixion , has taken the place of any need to sacrifice animals for their blood to cover sin. The plan of atonement has now taken on a whole new meaning.. God wanted to get so close to us that he came wrapped in flesh to offer himself as a living sacrifice once and for all. Once a man, women or child understands that Jesus loves them so deeply a change begins to take place within our hearts. A time of grief that leads to repentance for the lifestyle of sin takes hold of our thoughts. A turning away so to speak from what we know is hurting us is in turn hurting Jesus. This starts a process of remission of sins, when we confess them to Jesus and know there is something wonderful and freeing in doing this. So we can take full liberty in being baptized in the Name of Jesus by full immersion. When this act is performed we are buried with Jesus ,into his death, burial and resurrection . And we are then reconciled to Him through the faith in believing that his word is true. Our sins are washed away, totally remitted and we are given a clean slate. It is his blood that is put as a covering on our lives through baptism that makes us new creatures in his eyes. The old person that you once were is gone, when he looks at you he sees his blood on you marking you as his. Then through a deep desire to know the Lord deeper, we pray and seek the Holy Ghost until Jesus fills us with his spirit. There is nothing like it, a love so deep that out Lord wants to intimately be a part of our lives until eternity... It is now through the blood that we have victory over the enemy. We of course will still have times of sin creeping into our lives. That is a human nature just go to his mercy seat and with a heart of repentance tell Jesus all. The joy of being free is amazing. I am so blessed to have had the experience in my own life. I love Jesus, so much. I love being able to pray in the spirit and have a holy language coming forth and interceding on my behalf. There is so much more to the words in the bible, there is deep meaning that when he wants us to grow he makes the scriptures full of life...I hope you were able to glean from this and understand what He was showing me...God Bless and have a wonderful day