I Peter VI
…according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:
May grace and peace be multiplied to you. (I Peter 1:2 ESV)
The Cross
SO many battles were fought in the Middle East at a location known as Harmegeddon. I found nine major fights that took place there over many centuries.
But maybe not because of some symbolic or spiritual quality of Harmegeddon.
Rather, in the days when armies moved across land, you could not move a large army through the Fertile Crescent without passing through the valley, crossroads, intersection, and river bed of Harmegeddon
Everything leads there. It was the only way to get THERE from here.
I would not buy a house there…
The Cross of Christ Jesus is like that. It is not just an event in history, it is a necessary event. It is not just a spiritual idea, it is the way of forgiveness and redemption. It is not just a place that gives us Good Friday, it is the place that gives us EVERY day.
The way to grace is through the blood of Christ shed on the cross. The way to peace is through the blood of Christ shed on the cross.
It is the only way to get THERE from here.