WHY CHRIST?
What is the importance of Christ in
Christianity? Christs importance can
be understood from the study of the
powerful laws of covenant making. This
is because the entry of Christ into the
culture of worhip came on the
inception of a covenant, the new
covenant, other wise called the new
testament. Before His coming to earth,
men worshiped God in a different way.
All the peoples of the earth had
discovered that the language of God
was sacrifice. There was no close
relational dealings with God in terms of
conversation and or prayer as freely as
we have today in Christianity. God was
then a mystery, feared so much that
even shrines were restricted in visits
and behaviour. In Israel, whose God is
also the God of the Cristians, there
was a section of the holy temple
completely shut away from the
worshipers. Only once a year did one
elected person enter this place called
holy of holies, where the presence of
God dwelt. The inception of Christ into
belief in God completely changed the way weworship. The secret is in the new
covenant.

The first covenant of worship between
God and men came with Israel. God
taught them the secrets of reaching
Him through lagalistic means, also
refered to as the Torah. Through a
system of dos and donts, Israel learnt
how to offer sacrifices that would
actually be acceptable. This reminds me
of sacrificial ceremonies in Africa
where blood is usually mixed with the
dung of the animal and then poured
out as as a sacrifice. Now this would
not suffice for the God of Israel, our
God. First the sacrificial animal would
be without blemish, blood would be
drained out of it, not to be offered,
and certainly dung would not be
offered. God was teaching His people
that He would not take any form of
corruption from them. This was how the
lack of corruption would be expressed,
by synonyms of the law. The law is ia
system of similitudes that seek to
teach us of the nature of God and how
to relate to Him.

The coming of Christ was with a
change of how we relate to God.He
introduced the idea of worship in spirit
and in truth, and he challenged the
most rigorous of the law keepers about
their Godliness. He was surely poised to
become a stumbling block to many in a
nation whose God had dramatically
introduced to the law in the wilderness.
What in fact was happening is that the
age was turning over and a new age,
new laws(more spiritual) were coming
into force fast. Life changes, and
periodically, a new system arises and
takes firm roots, impacting an entire
age. The new system was Cristianity,
sinking deep its teeth into the systems
of the world, and the most notable
difference with this new system would
the the power with which it took over.
The blind were seeing, crippled walked,
and lepers got cleanced. The bound
were getting set free, spiritually in
the name of Jesus. The spiritual
structures of power over the earth had
turned over and the new King was
walking among the people in flesh.
Power had shifted in the heavens, a
major shift that ushered in a new
dispensation. I call this a dispensation
of Chrit for the reason that, though
the principalities of the earth remain
till its end, they are subjected to
Christ. It is for this reason that we
pray "in the name of Jesus". It is an
acknowledgement and use of the power
of the King that sits above all
principality, right next to His Father.
The name of this prince of Kings is
Jesus Christ. His rule is over all other
kings(many they are), and gods and
powers. This is the power we have in
Christ. Power to be translated from
this darkness that sits over the world
to light. And He is the light of the
world. This is why Christ is
indispensable.

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