When Christ Frees You from the Curse

He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” Revelation 21:5

Most of us have become masters at blaming. It began in Eden when sin entered the picture, ushering in pain, suffering, and death (Genesis 3:6-7, 5:5) for before all that it was all perfect and good (Gen 1:31). Adam blamed God for giving him the woman who caused him to sin. The woman blamed the serpent who lied to her, and we have been blaming everyone and everything for our sorrows ever since. God, unfortunately, is still the number one target of our ire as the cause of it all, but God had nothing to do with it.

The curse of sin and evil on Creation was the outcome of Adam and Eve believing Satan’s lie and acting in favor of his deception (Genesis 3:4). The free choice of Earth’s original parents to rebel against God’s loving provision and this resulting disaster called human life is now the why of it. It will be played out until Christ, the eternal how of it getting fixed, fully redeems it back to its perfect creative design.

Adam and Eve had no excuse for their rebellion for they had been duly warned of the consequences of disobedience. People will say, “OK, so maybe God didn’t make it happen, but if he knows everything, then he allowed it, so that makes him a monster.” On the surface of pure emotion that seems plausible but glosses over the character of God’s true love.

We humans enjoy using the phrase “God is love” without really understanding its core truth. To first be a God of love, He must first be a God of freedom, granting us the self-determination to willingly return our love to Him.

God doesn’t do bots. He did not do so with us or even the holy angels. Would you want a robotic mate to kiss you only when you put a thumb to your remote? That would make You the controller of the “love,” and the maker of a preprogrammed response. Your ‘mate’ would have no choice of their own except to obey your command. You alone would be the giver and receiver of that kind of perceived love, but that is no love at all. To exist, love must be free to either be willingly accepted and returned in kind or refused.

God is not the cause of Earth’s misery, but He is in the process of repairing it. He will bring a complete and pristine restoration to the heavens and the earth. Jesus told John a day is coming when He will wipe away every tear from our eyes and there will be no more death, mourning, crying or pain and God will live among us (Rev 21:1-4).

A time is coming when the Bride of Christ, the Church of true believers and acceptors of His redemptive work, will be forcefully (instantaneously with power and authority) received to Himself, and in that instant the dead in Christ will be resurrected first and those of us still living will be transformed into bodies made to last for eternity (1^st Thessalonians 4:14-18). He ends with the admonition to encourage one another with these words.

Today’s picture is truly worth a thousand words. All we are, have become, or lost, will be instantaneously changed and renewed (1^st Corinthians 15:51-52). Whatever we desire to be and have will be done with such exquisite precision that it will be far beyond anything we could even ask for or imagine (1^st Corinthians 2:9). We will be fully healed in soul, body, and mind. No missing limbs, no cluttered minds, no scars, and no more emotional baggage.

Jesus puts His word on it when He tells John that He, Jesus, is making everything new and to ‘flag it,’ holding Him accountable to the written word.

Jesus says with God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26). That even includes rearranging the atoms of the cremated back into their bodies, or rapturing a child from a wheelchair. Remember He spoke the universe into existence (Genesis 1:3) so why would we balk at Him rearranging molecules back into DNA, bone, and tissue? He says, “I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is there anything too hard for Me?” (Jeremiah 32:27).

We made this mess called humanity, but God sent His only Begotten Son to fix it (John 3:17-18). Let the only thing you lay at His feet be your humble thanks with grateful worship, looking forward to His glorious appearing when He will free you from the Curse.

Ken