Core Truth: If we could ever say that God faced a dilemma, it would be how to repair the awful separation from His beloved creatures caused by mankind’s willful disobedience in the Garden of Eden. What could possibly be done that would be adequate in restoring God and man to the unbroken fellowship that they had both once enjoyed? The only answer had to be in the form of a perfect sacrifice – one that would be sufficient to meet the unbending demands of an absolutely holy and righteous God while also dealing with Man’s sinful rebellion, this re-opening the door to the Edenic fellowship both had enjoyed before the Fall.
Scripture: Hebrews 10:5-10
”Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me; with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased. Then I said, ‘Here I am – it is written about Me in the scroll – I have come to do Your will, My God.’” First He said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor were You pleased with them” – though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then He said, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.