Saturday, October 11, 2003
TWO. The number two relates to Jesus. It does not relegate Him to a lesser position than His Father. In the Godhead there is absolute equality. A parity which has no equal and is found in God, alone. Two has the connotation of distinction. One, yet different. It is better understood as we note in the scriptures those things which were second.
Christ is recorded as being the second man. The first man, Adam was proven to be imperfect and flawed. The Lord created him and made him to be a living being, possessing life like any other warm blooded animal. From the moment of his sin, all hope of eternal life was taken from him. Therefore the Lord sent a last or SECOND Adam, who is a life giving spirit. Christ Jesus is that true, eternal spirit restoring and imparting the life that was lost in Adams sin. The first man was of the dust of the earth. The second man is known as the Lord from heaven.
The first speaks of death and corruption. The second of life eternal and the possession of a body of resurrection or transfiguration. The first is transitory. The second is indestructible. 1 Cor. 15:45-48 The first, the old covenant, the Law, was removed that the second might be established. In so doing Christ fulfilled the full will of the Father. Heb. 10:9 Here too, the first concluded in failure through the weakness of the flesh. The second is brought into being and made firm through the Lord Jesus. The second or the better hope is that whereby we enter into the presence of the Lord. Heb. 7:18 Irrevocably we have a great high priest who is eternal. This status will never be altered. Heb. 7:20 The two covenants cannot coexist. The New was enacted to show the weakness of the old of which it is stated, that it was decaying and becoming old. Therefore was becoming useless and ineffective. Heb. 8:13
Two worlds, both brought into existence by the Lord. The first contaminated by sin and iniquity, with a sentence of destruction pronounced upon it. The second earth is completely new accompanied by a new heaven. Rev. 21:1 It becomes very apparent that two is the number of new beginnings. The occupant of the throne of heaven will promise that He will make ALL things new. We can be assured that the beggarly elements of this world cannot begin to compare with that which is completely new. Rev. 21:5 That which is new is the permanent abiding place of righteousness. No unrighteousness will ever, eternally, be found there. There is no possible chance of a repeat of the events which took place on this earth. Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant. That places Him in the middle between the sinner and a just God. Heb. 12:24 There is only one who has met the divine requirements to fill the office of the high priest and that is the Lord Jesus. He is the ONE mediator between God and man. 1 Tim. 2:5 Only Jesus has possessed the two natures, God and man. He is the all compassionate one, understanding perfectly both God and man and thereby executing a perfect office of the ONLY HIGH PRIEST.