Our Great Mediator 
Yesterday on my YouTube channel I was talking about failed prophecies and false prophets. I want to go a little deeper on that study and hone in on the topic of Christ as our mediator. I know most of us have heard about the sacrifice of Christ and Him paying the penalty for our sins thereby reconciling humankind back to God. But instead of taking a top-down view of the subject let's come down to our everyday level. What exactly does Jesus mediate for us. Well in Vine's concise dictionary defines mediator like this
"literally a go between "from mesos, "middle, " and eimi, to go , is used in two ways in the NT, (a) one who meidates between two parties with a view to producing peace, as in ' Tim. 2:5, though more than mere mediatorship is in view, for the salvation of men necessitated that the Mediator should Himself possess the nature and attributes of Him towards whom He acts, and should likewise participate in the nature of those for whom He acts (sin apart); only by being possessed both of deity and humanity could He comprehend the claims of the one and the needs of the other; further, the claims and the needs could be met only by ONE who, Himself being proved sinless, would offer Himself and expiatory sacrifce on behalf of men."
Our Great High Priest 
Christ bridges the gaps between our needs and God's demands for perfection. One of the great things about living under the New Covenant is that now we have access to the Father through Jesus Christ. Under the Old Covenant, access was not readily available to the common Israelite let alone a Gentile! Before there was a system in place that prevented people from approaching a holy God. Once a year the high priest could enter beyond the veil to seek atonement on behalf of himself and the people. This entrance was only allowed because of a blood sacrifice. Daily prayers could be offered up through the priests and Levites but the barrier was always there because of sin.
But now the barrier is gone and Christ has become our great high priest. Now our everyday needs and requests can be brought directly to the throne room of grace.
" Since then we have da great high priest ewho has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, flet us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest gwho is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been dtempted as we are, hyet without sin. 16 iLet us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:14 ESV."
Whatever your need maybe you now have ACCESS to God Himself. There is no need to ask any other mediator to help you get the ear of God. There is no prophet, apostle, pastor, or saint that can get you a better seat at the table than Christ Himself. When you pray know that God hears you and He will answer when you call.
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