From the time of the fall in Genesis 3, we saw that man's need of eternal life and righteousness could only be met by the incarnation of God's Son. This chapter takes us through the scriptures revealing the requirements of a mediator for man. Adam and his children were only able to approach through sacrifice, Israel's approach to God was through tabernacles, priesthoods, and offerings. Outside of God's appointed way, man had, or has today, no approach to the Father-God.
So from the time of man's alienation from God at the fall to the time that Christ sat down at the Father's right hand, no man has had a right to approach God except through a divinely appointed priesthood, over a bleeding sacrifice, dreams, visions, or angelic visitations.
There are many acts of divine justice in the Old Testament that are hard to understand except in the light of man's need of a mediator. These are records that reveal what we all deserve, except through His divine love, He sent His only begotten Son, so that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have eternal life. . . He became our mediator.
What a fitting chapter to study, today, this week, in the light of the news that we see, where so many obviously are in need of a mediator. The Mediator Is The Gospel, and we were called, admonished, commanded, to carry this Gospel out to the ends of the earth. That calling starts with our neighbor. Have you told your neighbor about the Love of God?
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