Covered

I've just read a post by a brother in Christ which I'm sorry I didn't read earlier, but it comes exactly where it should be, on the heels of some of my other current reading, and I want to commend it to anyone who visits my humble blog. This brother writes like a Church father sometimes, and this is one of those times. I am quoting the finalè of his post, In the Cool of the Day, because it really is profound, and very patristic. But please, don't take my word for it. Click on the link above, and read the entire post yourself. You too will be blessed.

The Old Testament is all about man trying to cover himself with his own animal sacrifices.
But that is missing the point.
God has to do it.
He did do it once again.
He who walked in the Garden of Eden in the cool of the day, walked again in the Garden of Gethsemane.
And Ηe who was God in the Flesh became the only sacrifice that could make it all Good again.

"Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men."
Romans 5:18 NIV
Now we walk covered in the skin of Christ.

In His image again.
Looking again like the Maker.
Good. Purposeful. Image restored.
In Christ.

Have you believed?
Quit pretending your leafy cover is good.
It does not purchase eternal life.

Doubt that God intended eternity for his creatures?
Look at how He built timelessness (by any of our comprehensions) into His universe.

Are you readied for that promised eternal Good?
I invite you to explore "faith".

The last book of the Bible takes us forward to a new Eden.
To restored Good.
To eternity as it was intended.
To the very real presence of the One who first walked in the cool of the day to have companionship with His creatures.

Αξιος, αδελφε μου αγαπητε, αξιος!