“Jesus came and drew us a picture of God! Now we know what He looks like. But that’s not the only direction of His interceding.
Great irony exists in the fact that Man who was meant to be God’s intercessor, mediator or representative on earth now needed someone to mediate for him.
He who was made to represent God on the earth now needed someone to represent him to God.
Christ, of course, became that representative, intercessor or mediator.
Not only did He represent God to man, but He also represented man to God.
This God-man was the attorney for both sides!
He is the ultimate, final and only go-between.
He is ‘the Apostle {God to the human race} and High Priest {human race to God} of our confession’ (Heb. 3:1).
He is Job’s great go-between, hanging between heaven and earth placing one hand on God and the other on Humans (see Job 9:32, 33).
Christ’s intercession, in keeping with its literal meaning, was not a prayer He prayed, but a work of mediation He did.”
He is ‘the Apostle {God to the human race} and High Priest {human race to God} of our confession’ (Heb. 3:1).
He is Job’s great go-between, hanging between heaven and earth placing one hand on God and the other on Humans (see Job 9:32, 33).
Christ’s intercession, in keeping with its literal meaning, was not a prayer He prayed, but a work of mediation He did.”
Prayer
Note # 14 Christ,
the Ultimate Intercessor -
taken from Dutch Sheets’ book, Intercessory Prayer (pgs 38, 39)
“Now a mediator
does not mediate for one only, but God is one.” (Gal. 3:20 NKJV)
“For there is one
God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave
Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” (1
Tim. 2:5, 6 NKJV)
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