The cross is the hallmark of history. All words written from Genesis to Malachi (the Old Testament in the Bible) pointed the coming Messiah and his outstretched body sacrificed on a cross. Every bloody lamb on a Jewish altar pointed to the coming Lamb of God who would take away the sins of the world. Every feast celebrated the fact that the Deliverer, the Messiah, was coming.
- And the Deliverer came! Through a virgin birth the Messiah entered into his own creation, now corrupted by sin! Jesus the Deliverer said, “If I am lifted up (on the cross), I will draw all people to me.” And, “Whoever believes in me will have eternal life.”
This is the gospel. This cross is the power of God brought down to rescue his human family.
“If I be lifted up from the earth,I will draw all people unto me.”.
