0260. 257. Cross Assures the Millennium

257. Cross Assures the Millennium

The Cross of Christ’s atoning sacrifice is the basis by which sin will be taken away, for this is essential before there can be any Millennium. John’s message, “Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world” (Joh_1:29) is far-reaching in its effects.

1. Provisionally, Christ’s death declares sin is “put away” as a hindrance between God and man—Heb_9:26.

2. Substitutionally, Christ has borne our sins in His own body on the tree—1Pe_2:24.

3. Practically, sin is put away from the life of the believer in Christ, for he has died to it in Him, and it is no longer his master—Rom_6:17, Rom_6:18.

4. Prophetically, sin will ultimately be rid out of the world; although not completely so in the Millennium, it will be in the golden age of the Lamb, when in the new Heavens and in the new earth righteousness will dwell, and that because the Lamb will be the light. All things will be reconciled “unto Himself,” by means of Him who shed His precious blood on the Cross; yea, the Spirit says, “By” (By means of Him), “whether they be things in (upon) earth, or things in Heaven” (Col_1:20).

By: DR. F. E. MARSH