How can we fully appreciate the redemption Jesus performed unless we understand what we were redeemed? The extent and nature of the evil and darkness Jesus overcame is not sufficiently known in the Christian world.

What is known, though, is the story that the Lord was born on earth to set all things in order. He is the Hero of Heroes. If we think about it, it is a common-sense realization that there must have been an enormously important need for God to be born on earth when He did.

The spirits of heaven and hell can influence us, but they cannot compel us, so we are free to act from our self. Jesus maintains equilibrium and protects us from hell every moment of every day. He was born on earth because of the inevitable destruction from dis-equilibrium, and His mission was to put all things back into order.

He waged an enormous battle against evil far beyond our comprehension, subjugating all of its forces and restoring divine order. This is His essential work of redemption. All of these things are why He alone deserves to be worshipped.

Realizing why the Lord came, as well as the darkness He was up against, gives the observer of history and the Bible key insight into the life of Jesus. As I shared in the beginning, the greater we perceive what we were redeemed from, the greater we can appreciate the work He did of redeeming us from it.

When Jesus said the extraordinary words, “It is finished”, it is the culmination of an excruciating process that was of a rigor far beyond our ability to comprehend. ‘Rethinking Redemption’ helps us to understand the principles involved and how intense it was.

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