God cannot share His glory with any man. Gods law is absolute. He never judges on a sliding scale. God must judge conforming to His moral standard. A departure from His arbitrary law is like a foreign bacteria that grows naturally in the body until the person is deceased.He must pronounce death to anyone who violates one of His necessary laws. Just like the microscopic virus ravages the body so one small violation is a key point of departure from Gods perfect unity required in social relationships. The departure introduces the infectious virus of the proliferation of guilt, shame and unreasonable fear in an ideal society.
Gods law prevents disunity by constraining mans behavior. If every man is compliant with all of Gods laws, the earth would be unified. The introduction of the virus of shame and guilt constitute the offensive threat of disunity.Without the presence of shame and guilt, every one would be unified in supporting the success of all men. The world would unify in the environment of pleasurable prosperity. Consequently, when man sinned in the garden, he experienced the process of degeneration. Before the presence of sin, man encountered no opposition and weight that prevented him from achieving the most eminent success with the highest rewards. The personal presence of unspeakable shame, established guilt and unreasonable fear promoted the disunity of social order. No matter how persistent, man was crushed under the considerable weight of guilt fear and shame
God provided man with an antibiotic to release him from the crushing presence of guilt, shame and fear. God satisfied the law by sending His Son who became a curse in mans place. The accurate picture of Christ on the cross hung on a decorated wall is like the brilliant light that promptly destroys a vampire. Christ on that cross accurately represented all the destructive effects that exist in the creation. It was the representation of man being dethroned from his legitimate position as Gods co heir. The destructive things in this world that we wisely avoid for our own welfare.If Christ remained on the cross for eternity, the objective standard of creation in the decorative painting would pox everything that exist. But the eternal Son of God came down from that cross restored to His Kingship. The law no longer pronounced a eternal curse on the beloved saints. The empty cross sufficiently satisfied the curse on our behalf inseparably uniting us with Christ and releasing us from guilt, shame, and fear.
Now just like the stake driven in the heart of the vampire so our identity with Christ prevents the profound effects of the eternal curse.The Psalmist accurately compares corrupt rulers to serpents.As the power of evil rulers rise so the proliferation of the curse increases. The authoritative pronouncement of the curse promptly releases us to achieve our most principal purpose. Since the law currently enables us to be successful by pronouncing death to the opposition, our personal identity in the death and resurrection of Christ undoubtedly give us an eternal hope of our final deliverance.
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