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All of Scripture was written for all of us. The Old Testament had immediate relevance and benefit for the original hearers, it was also given by God for future generations. Likewise the New Testament had immediate relevance for the 1st century hearers, and also for us. This is especially true of the book of Revelation! The grounds for believing this to be the case are that the Bible was given by God, the words are God breathed.
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So, just as Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness, God was also looking ahead to the present time. Our faith is credited to us as righteousness. Faith is the key to salvation. Abraham showed the way that God works. It is not any old faith that gains righteousness, but faith in the God who raised Christ from the dead. The Father and the Son were working together, Jesus came to fulfil the father’s will.
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Jesus was delivered over to death for our sins. He died in order to pay the price of our sins. He was raised for our justification. If Jesus had stayed in the grave then we would never have known that our sins had been paid for. The death may have been noble, but there would have been no evidence that it was sufficient to pay the price of our sins. In fact the conclusion would have to have been that it was not sufficient. But He was raised, and we are justified.
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