16th March

Remove the world's sin

At the end of six days of creation God says that everything was very good (Genesis 1, 31). However, soon after Adam and Eve are attracted by the serpent and they disobey; through their disobedience sin enters the world and sin is like an indelible stain which holds back the glory of God.

Could God stay at this point and admit that his plan of love cannot be fulfilled as he anticipated it? Surely no!

This is why his son becomes man. He will be the lamb of God. The casualty of his sacrifice will remove the great stain of sin. John the Baptist, one of the greatest prophets presents him with this character and announces the undefined consequences of the job accomplished by Jesus Christ on the cross.

The apostle Paul received revelations of the end of history of humanity: soon the Lord will have done away with every system of evil and sin itself. Then the last ennemy death which is a consequence of sin, will also be done away with.

This is an eternal subject for worship. Jesus Christ is the Alpha and the Omega and through him God made the universe (Hebrews 1, 2); he will give back a creation cleared from sin by his sacrifice on the cross to his father. At the moment sin still contaminates creation.