Year of Realization - Day 67: What can’t be undone, can be overpowered.

"Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he stretched out his hand against the Jews. Also, concerning the Jews, write as you see fit, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s signet ring—for a decree which is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring may not be revoked.””

‭‭Esther‬ ‭8‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭AMP‬‬

I know you’ve probably heard quotes from different people expressing the sentiment that they would like to look up Eve when they get to Heaven and slap her in the face for what she brought on all of us. [As an aside, I will point out that the actual person held responsible (in biblical terms) for the Fall of man, was Adam.] People who make this kind of comment are actually ignorant of what happened in the Fall.

You see, man having been created with a free will was unable to resist the temptation of the forever-fallen one. Any of us having been put in the same place and the same situation as Adam and Eve, would have done exactly the same thing they did.

“Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all people [no one being able to stop it or escape its power], because they all sinned.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭12‬ ‭AMP‬‬

So, man found himself in a position of being fallen and not able to get up. But, the Lord spoke through His prophets promising a day when there would be a remedy for the irrevocable penalty of sin.

““The day is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife,” says the Lord. “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.””

‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭31‬:‭31‬-‭33‬ ‭NLT‬‬

How could this miracle happen that those formally slaves of sin could be found righteous, therefore avoiding sin’s penalty? Praise God, through the obedience of Christ and His sacrifice, our penalty was trumped by grace.

“So then as through one trespass [Adam’s sin] there resulted condemnation for all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭18‬ ‭AMP‬‬

When we recognize that Jesus paid the price for our sin, and we put our trust in Him, we no longer need fear the penalty of sin.

“We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are. For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭22‬-‭25‬a NLT‬‬

In our opening scripture we see that the king gives Esther and Mordecai the authority to write a new decree. He reminds them that the former decree (written by Haman and sealed in the king’s authority) could not be revoked. Therefore, their hope lies in writing a new decree enabling the sentence to be avoided by the use of force.

Just as the first decree, dooming the Jews to death could not be revoked, just so, the penalty for our sin could not be revoked. Praise God, through Jesus Christ, we are gifted with grace giving us the power to overcome the penalty of our sin!

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!

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