Yes, Christ was our sacrifice, substituted on our behalf, in our stead. Study that real close and you realize that it does not matter if you "accept" or not, he was your paid your debt 2000 years ago, just as He paid Abraham's debt thousands of yours in advance.
The wonderful picture you paint above is the shadow of this to come. Christ was our sacrificial lamb that allows us to enter into the outer court of the tabernacle, just as those described above were permitted with thier own sacrifices. By His death, and at regeneration, we are translated into the kingdom of Christ, symbolized by the tabernacle then. Only with sacrifice was one allowed to enter through the widest gate into the outer court. Sacrifice was all that was required for that. But consider now, after having entered into the outer court by the sacrifice of Christ, how then shall one enter into the Holiest of Holies as a Preist? How then shall one progress from the outer court into the inner court, through the narrow door? Entering into the outer court by Christ's death is our first salvation by grace. Becoming a preist and entering in through the narrow gate, into the innner court, is our second salvation by works.
Free Grace is truly awesome
Yes, Christ was our sacrifice, substituted on our behalf, in our stead. Study that real close and you realize that it does not matter if you "accept" or not, he was your paid your debt 2000 years ago, just as He paid Abraham's debt thousands of yours in advance.
The wonderful picture you paint above is the shadow of this to come. Christ was our sacrificial lamb that allows us to enter into the outer court of the tabernacle, just as those described above were permitted with thier own sacrifices. By His death, and at regeneration, we are translated into the kingdom of Christ, symbolized by the tabernacle then. Only with sacrifice was one allowed to enter through the widest gate into the outer court. Sacrifice was all that was required for that. But consider now, after having entered into the outer court by the sacrifice of Christ, how then shall one enter into the Holiest of Holies as a Preist? How then shall one progress from the outer court into the inner court, through the narrow door? Entering into the outer court by Christ's death is our first salvation by grace. Becoming a preist and entering in through the narrow gate, into the innner court, is our second salvation by works.