{"id":930,"date":"2010-07-06T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.returningking.com\/?p=930"},"modified":"2010-07-06T08:00:31","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T14:00:31","slug":"the-gospel-truth-vlog-atonement-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/returningking.com\/?p=930","title":{"rendered":"The Gospel Truth (Vlog):  Atonement Pt. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(This is a continuation of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.returningking.com\/?page_id=883#gospel\">The Gospel Truth<\/a><\/em> video blog series.\u00a0 This post assumes the prerequisite watching of earlier videos in the series.\u00a0 Click the link above to watch the entire series up to this week&#8217;s installment.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.returningking.com\/images\/horsesunsm.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"28\" height=\"40\" \/>Understanding fully that man is sinful, God is just, and that God&#8217;s righteous penalty for sin is death leads one to the logical next question: <em>is there any hope for me?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There <em>is<\/em> a quick answer.\u00a0 &#8220;Yes, there is hope provided in the person of Jesus Christ.&#8221;\u00a0 He did what was necessary to secure atonement for man&#8217;s sins by accepting God&#8217;s wrath upon himself.\u00a0 \u00a0But, to truly understand the depths of the work Christ performed on the cross one needs to venture back through redemptive history and examine God&#8217;s &#8220;promissory note&#8221; which was provided in the Law of Moses.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s installment introduces the sacrificial system of the Old Testament.\u00a0 Day after day, night after night, the sins of Israel were on public display through a bloody and endless assembly of sacrificial animals.\u00a0 These bloody sacrificial acts provided temporary vicarious recipients for God&#8217;s wrath to be expiated upon until the promised Christ came to fulfill these legal requirements in permanence.<\/p>\n<p>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13087160&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13087160&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/13087160\">The Gospel Truth: Pt. 4 &#8211; Atonement Pt. 1<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user1356046\">Jeff Kluttz<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(This is a continuation of The Gospel Truth video blog series.&nbsp; This post assumes the prerequisite watching of earlier videos in the series.&nbsp; Click the link above to watch the entire series up to this week&rsquo;s installment.) 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