The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life - RELIEF FROM PAIN AND SIN - Conclusion

 Jehovah God did not leave his Son dead in the grave, but raised him to life on the third day. He was given a human life again, because that would have meant that he was taking back the ransom price. But he "made alive in the spirit." (1 Peter 3:18) During a period of forty days after his resurrection he appeared visibly to his disciples a number of times, in materialized bodies, to prove that he really had been raised from the dead. Then, with the disciples looking on, he ascended heavenward and was caught out of sight in a cloud. He returned to heaven, there "to appear before the person of God for us, bearing the value of his ransom sacrifice as the great high priest. (Hebrews 9:12, 24) The requirements of divine justice had been met; relief was now available for mankind. 

Even now we may benefit greatly from the ransom. By exercising faith in it we can enjoy a clean standing before God and some under his loving care. (Revelation 7:9, 10, 13-15) When due to imperfection, we commit a sin, we can freely seek forgiveness from God on the basis of the ransom and confidence that he will hear us. (1 John 2:1, 2) Furthermore, the ransom has opened up the way for preservation through the end of this wicked system of things. It makes possible the resurrection of the dead. And it provides the basis for gaining eternal life in God's new system of things, where it will be applied to every mankind in order to wipe away all the effects of inherited sin. - 1 CORINTHIANS 15:25, 26; REVELATION 7:17.

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