Was Jesus' Coming a Random Event in History? (TMF:SE02)

Monday, December 12, 2016
Peace to Live By: Was Jesus' Coming a Random Event in History? (TMF:SE02) - Daniel Litton
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       First I want to discuss the question of ‘Why did Christ come into the world?’ Before I answer this question, we need to look at the setting of the time. Was Jesus' coming a random event in human history? Well, when coming to the Bible, one needs to understand that the Old Testament, that is, the times before Jesus Christ, were God's relations with the Nation of Israel, who is his chosen people. You see, not long after the beginning of time, God chose a group of people to be his beloved. We know this people today as the Jewish people. God gave Moses, the leader of the Israelites, the Law by which God's people were supposed to live by. In order for a person to be pleasing to God, the Israelite, or accepted foreigner, had to follow this Law. But when Christ died of the cross, around 30 A.D., this Law was fulfilled in the new way of the Spirit of God. That is, in order to be pleasing to God, people no longer had to follow the strict guidelines laid out in the Old Testament law and offer sacrifices for their sins.