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A durian cake is a durian cake only because of
the durian.
Adam was
unjust when he handed over the earthly throne to Satan, and Satan was unjust to
have gained it by deceit.
By His
crucifixion, Jesus has established righteousness and justice by being the
payment for sin as well as the source of salvation.
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The gist of Isaiah 11:5 is righteousness and faithfulness as God’s belt. Without that belt,
everything falls apart.
The sun is
the sun only because of the heat.
Without the heat, it is no longer the sun.
God is God
only because of righteousness and faithfulness. When righteousness and
faithfulness are removed, God is no longer God
You get the
drift.
To those who love durian, it is the King of fruits, but to
those who hate it, it smells like shit (1 Corinthians 1:18). It is exercising
the gift of choice.
We
read in Psalm 89:14 that God’s throne is founded on righteousness and justice,
and that loving kindness and truth go before Him.
God’s throne is secured by righteousness and justice, and justice
precedes faithfulness.
Faithfulness (Emunah) represents a concept that someone has
proven to be trustworthy by deeds. One cannot be trustworthy or faithful without
being just.
A belt secures or fastens something tightly. The imagery here
is that the foundation of righteousness and faithfulness secures the throne of
God like how a belt does to the garment.
God the Son came to earth as Jesus the Man to execute righteousness
and justice on earth which firmly secured our salvation.
God’s righteousness demands punishment for sin and this
demand has been met when God the Son was punished in the body of Jesus the Man.
His punishment was to demonstrate God’s righteousness (Romans
3:21-26). It was justice being carried out.
He is the reason for our being the righteousness of God (2
Corinthians 5:21).
Christ
crucified has acquitted us from the punitive demands of divine justice.
By His punishment, justice was done. The sin debt has been
fully paid.
It is finished! (John 19:30). TETELESTAI! "PAID IN FULL!" THREE words in
English, ONE word in Greek.
Christ Jesus was found guilty for the crimes we have
committed and He has served out the due sentence. This is in accordance with God’s principle of
representation and identification.
God’s beloved children must be punished for sin and that
punishment was meted out on Jesus the Man as our representative. Since we have already been punished, we have
met all the righteous or judicious requirements of God and have therefore
become righteous; acquitted.
The same crime cannot be punished twice. Since we have been punished for our sins, God
will never punish us again. We have the defence of double jeopardy.
Double jeopardy is a procedural defence that prevents an
accused person from being tried again on the same, or similar, charges and on
the same facts, following a valid acquittal or conviction.
Christ crucified and His resurrection; our valid acquittal!
If
God did not punish sin, the very foundation of His throne would have been
shaken and Satan would have succeeded in usurping God’s throne.
The underlying motivation and the very act of Adam and
Satan was criminal; high treason.
Therefore, this earthly throne has been shaky right from the
start as it was not founded on righteousness and justice.
He
has regained our worldly throne on a righteous foundation; not by deceit or
fraud but by legal means.
This
gift of salvation is available to both Jews and Gentiles (Matthew 2:2, Romans
15:12).
The dominion of Jesus the Man over the world was founded on
righteousness and justice and can never be shaken.
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