The Unrestricted Flow of Calvary

Under the Covenant of the Law, blood sacrifices of animals were required to roll humanity's sin forward. Sin was still there - just moved ahead for one year - and it still separated us from that perfect, intimate union the Holy God wanted with His people. But his Covenant of Law was the first part of the plan that He had put in place to reunite and restore communion and relationship with His people.

I used to wonder why God waited 2000 years to put that final piece of His plan into place. Why didn't he have Jesus Christ born immediately? Why did He wait until so many people had already lived and died, separated from God by their unforgiven sins? How could their sins ever be forgiven? They died under the covenant of law, before Jesus' blood had been shed on Calvary for the remission of sins. There are two covenants, but there aren't two different plans for salvation, are there? Then God began revealing to me , the enormity of Himself and the incredible plan He had executed. Time does not limit Him - He is infinite - there is no beginning, no ending. It is only carnal man, who is finite, who has time limitations and boundaries.

When Jesus Christ died on the cross for the sins of the world, His blood didn't just cover the sins of the living, it didn't just cover the sins that were going to be committed; His blood went backward and forward in time. For all who died before Calvary, those who gave blood sacrifices under the law, when His blood was poured out, it covered every one of those sacrifices... He went back and substituted His blood for the 'temporary' blood of those sacrifices.

According to the Covenant of the law, when someone sinned, their sins could not be forgiven and removed, but could only be rolled ahead of them one year, and finally at their death, when no more sacrifices could be given, those sins were still there. God began to show me that they weren't just hanging there, they had actually been rolled ahead - rolled all the way to Calvary. Because of their obedience to the Covenant that was in effect a the time of their lives and deaths, he 'made good' on all their intentions by covering those sacrifices with his own blood at Calvary. Those who obeyed the Covenant of the law, have the blood of Jesus Christ 'back-applied' to their lives; the sins that have been between them and the Holy God, removed, washed away forever.

When He comes back for His bride, those pre-Calvary believers will be judged by their obedience to the sacrificial covenant they lived under and the subsequent blood-grace sacrifice of Jesus that finally, for once and all, remitted those sins that had been in holding.

We, after Calvary, who never had to offer sacrifices of animal's blood for our sins - that covenant was done away with when Christ came - only have to accept the beautiful gift of the blood and forgiveness, because that blood was carried forward from Calvary, into our lifetimes.

When He returns, looking for a church without spot or blemish, we will all be judged by whether or not we accepted Jesus Christ as the ultimate blood sacrifice for our sins.