THE RESTORATIVE OFFER
By: Laura Pelliton A.K.A Zeida
12/07/2020
Many people are skeptical about the “Everlasting Life” dogma prone by the Christians. They believe that people shall live their life as they please because when they die everything is over; and there’s no life after death. I want to tell those people: life is not over after death; your body stays in the grave but the spirit may either goes straight in that beautiful place the Lord is preparing for you, or straight to be tormenting forever with Satan because you had chosen to live as you please in this life rather than trust the word of God. The message of “everlasting life” is a true promise made by God to men since the creation. However, there was a condition attached to it, which was required total obedience. But our ancient parents chose disobedience (Gen 1: 16, 17 – 3: 6). The punishment for such mistake was eternal death, which we have been inherited (Romans 5: 12). In the beginning there was no death. We were created to live eternally. To prove it, God allowed Adam to live 930 years after he had interred sin and death in the world. Now, every one can choose to live forever in a new body because the promise of “everlasting Life” has been restored under a perfect plan called “Restorative Offer”.
The concept of “restorative offer” in this project refers to a last and more powerful and designated plan to restore the promise of “everlasting life”. That designated plan, fulfilled over two thousand years ago, was the offer of God’s Almighty Son Jesus-Christ as a precious sacrifice, whereby His blood and resurrection, sinners would be expiated permanently, relationship between God and human would be renewed; and the promise of “everlasting life” would be restored and available.
Was the offer of Jesus-Christ as the restorative offer to the world necessary? The offer of Jesus as the “Restorative offer” to the world was necessary, because when Adam was decided to reject God’s command and run away rather than admitted his failure all sources of communication between men and the Almighty God were broken, (Gen 3). Men were automatically condemned to “Eternal death”. Without the manifestation of God’s presence they were like sheep that have gone astray. But God knew that humankind is not perfect; He had a plan ready to save them. So, In order to restore everything in original harmony a pure blood without sins had to be shed. But there was a problem – no one on earth as in heavens was found pure; because the entire human race has been affected by sin. Jesus has accepted to fulfill His Father’s mission, but under a new form of covenant different from the one made with Adam at Eden.
How different was the covenant between Adam/God and God/Jesus? The first agreement was not perfect because it was involved God Almighty, a “forbidden tree” and man. As a result, Satan was able to stepping into the agreement to create confusion knowing that men are vulnerable to temptation. But the second agreement was strong and powerful because it’s required the blood sacrifice of an Almighty God (becoming human) for the expiation of human souls. It was also required a powerful entity that cannot be tempted, or committed sins. Jesus is the KING of righteousness, Mediator/Advocate/Counselor. Satan knows that he cannot induce Jesus-Christ, his master, to temptation. Nevertheless, he had tried to do that, like he did to Adam, but Jesus reprimanded him, saying: “It is written, thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God” (Matt. 4: 7).
How was the plan to send Jesus to the world executed? It was first announced in Isaiah 7: 14 that the eternal Son of God must come down to be conceived humanly in the womb of a virgin woman, and He shall be called Emmanuel (God with us). But He will not have a human father; “The Holy Ghost shall come upon the woman, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God” (Luke 1: 35). The plan perceived that the Son of God must also become the Son of man; and underwent the steps of “Human Growth and Development” process, and experiencing the hardship of human nature. Then, In order to restore the promise of “Everlasting life” He had to let the enemies killed Him and then resurrected to live forever, so those who believed in Him could have the assurance that they too, will be resurrected to live forever.
Does everyone would be qualified to receive the gift of “Everlasting life”; and what are the conditions? Any one who accepts Jesus as the Son of God, obeys His commandments, confesses his/her sins regularly, converts and repents from them, is favorable before God to receive the gift of everlasting life. “Anyone” means, every single adult on earth must decides to accept Jesus for his/her own benefit. The promise says: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3: 16).
The conditions: A) Jesus says: “Verily, I say unto you, he that hear my word, and believe on Him that sent me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life…” B) He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living waters” (John 7: 38). C) If thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in thy heart that God has risen him from the dead, thou shall be saved” (Ro 10: 9)
Laura Pelliton/Zeida
© 12/07/2020
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