Jesus was chosen/anointed for this religious service of being the Messiah/Christ by God. The meaning Christ is the anointed one. Something to think on for God to send a sacrifice of His Word a price had to be paid for God to give man eternal life after casting man out of the garden of Eden. God set the price at the cost of his Son/Word. Yet the price paid God was able to raise His Word/Son back up. Reestablish of the law of God in the hearts of man. Jesus carried the burden of the cost of sin on His shoulders. He was chosen for the task to prove God’s ability to raise us up again. Christ death alone would not be enough for Christ being God had to go step further and raise the holy men of old up out of the grave according to Matthew 27. The ability to raise up the dead is important. Not a dead of four days old but holy men of old. His kingdom established upon His resurrection and His throne being taken as ascended into Heaven before he served his forty days on earth after the resurrection in his glorified body. A lot to understand about Jesus. To die in one sin, is to face the punishment for sin. As a believer to absent or dead in the body is to be present with the Lord. No longer dead in the spiritual sense but alive with Him in heaven.

Jesus asked the disciples who the crowd said he was. Some believed Jesus was one of the dead prophets raised to life. Interesting answer when on thinks about it. All the stories of old came to life as Jesus healed the sick, lame, the blind and the deaf. Jesus reestablished the law of faith meaning to love Lord thy God and love others has yourself. The law of obedience took away the law of love at times. If one went strictly by the law of judgment there would be no mercy. God gave mercy even when we break His laws. He is willing to forgive, if we will only turn away from sin. No He is willing to forgive because Jesus paid the price for sin and we only have to believe in the one He sent to pay the price for sin. God willingly allowed us to kill His Son/Word to forgive us and not to place judgment on the believer for the way we mishandle His word or fail to obey. Instead He continues to sanctify us through His Word.

An example of the word being twisted would be Peter being the rock that would establish the church. Peter help build the church by spreading the Gospel but the church foundation and rock was Christ/ The Word of God. Peter was a stone built on the chief cornerstone. Peter would only lead the church for a time. He could build nothing on His own. Kingdom was built on the anointed one/Messiah one chosen for the purpose of sacrifice and redemption through His resurrection. That anyone that would believe in Him would be saved. Christ calls the believer to obedient to the word of God, to be holy to be a royal priesthood prepared for good works. The church was not established for evil. Christ came to establish the gentile nation to be a holy nation unto God.

Dear Heavenly Father thank you for sending your Son to die for my sins. For sending the anointed one for the sole purpose to demonstrate your power beyond the grave. In Jesus precious name, Amen.

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