God of creation approached a man whom He had made and initiated a Covenant with Him. Offered life and blessing, protection, inheritance, sons and honour IF he would participate in the Covenant. This is an image of what Jesus reclaimed for humanity through the work he did on the cross. Yes that was His work, to obey His Father, He went to the cross. No one forced Him, He gave up His life that we might have life and experience it to the full.
In the same way that Abraham entered into Covenant with God through blood sacrifice, we enter the Kingdom through Jesus' blood, through his love demonstrated at the cross.
In the Kingdom of which Jesus spoke, there is a people rising up, reclaiming the covenant relationship we have with The Father. There is life and power and freedom in the Kingdom IF we will participate through surrender. Paul wrote, I want to know Him and the Power of the resurrection... My only goal this year, this ONE THING I do, forgetting what is behind I press on ... to become one with Him so that I can experience the power of the Kingdom in me.
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