{"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":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 4 of 12 in the series <a href=\"http:\/\/returningking.com\/?series=the-gospel-truth-vlog\" class=\"series-214\" title=\"The Gospel Truth (Vlog)\">The Gospel Truth (Vlog)<\/a><\/div><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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 4 of 12 in the series <a href=\"http:\/\/returningking.com\/?series=the-gospel-truth-vlog\" class=\"series-214\" title=\"The Gospel Truth (Vlog)\">The Gospel Truth (Vlog)<\/a><\/div><p>(This is a continuation of The Gospel Truth 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.) 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