 Okay, welcome back after the break. Just before we went for our break, we began looking in the previous lecture. We started looking, we began looking or studying chapter seven. We're basically talking about the purpose of the Incarnation. We're looking at what was the purpose of the Incarnation. Why did Christ have to become man and take on the fullness of humanity? What was God doing through humanity, the humanity of Christ that he could not do in any other means. So we looked at how Jesus is a final word, a final revelation, the word becoming flesh and this word revealing, you know, or communicating everything that God wanted us to know. Also that Jesus was the right person to reveal the Father's heart of God to us, the nature of God, because he is in the bosom of the Father, was close, intimate and he was the only one who was, you know, had the honor of being intimately close to the Father and hence he was the only one who could reveal the Father's heart of God to us. And then we looked at the third thing is God had to become man so that he can suffer in the flesh so that he can, you know, redeem us from sin, from being slaves of Satan and from death and also to make us blameless and holy and also to take on the sins of the human mankind on himself so he had to be a human being and also if he had to die on the cross he had to be a human being, had to represent us and through his death, through his blood, you know, he made the full sufficient perfect sacrifice and because of that we have access to God through the throne of grace. We can approach God with boldness and receive grace and mercy in our time of need. We can also receive help and also that, you know, we had been justified, made righteous and been redeemed from sin. That means the power of sin over our life is broken. We look at how the power of death over our life is also broken and that we are no longer slaves of the enemy or enemy or also Satan. Okay and also Jesus is becoming incarnate or his incarnation also gives us a knowledge or a revelation of the understanding of who God is and his ways. So any questions so far? Anyone from the online class or in-person students have any questions? Can you take the mic please? Just pass on the mic to him. And you mentioned that Jesus, I mean, not only broken or tore the curtain, I mean, you compared that into his body, right? Can you please tell where it's mentioned and who compared it? Yeah, this one would be the worst that we read, right? In Hebrews chapter 10 verses 19 and 20. Hebrews 10, 19 and 20. He says, therefore brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the most holy place, what gives us the confidence to enter the most holy place, the holy of holies? Yes, the blood of Jesus. I even I'm sure you know you ask any high priest who would want to enter that, they would be trembling and shivering because, you know, they would they won't even know whether they're going to come back alive. So some of them who are, you know, who might have died in that holy or holy place, people even can't, you know, go and take out his body, they would have to put a stick and, you know, pull him out, draw him out because they were so scared to even go near because, you know, even God tells Moses, don't tell the people not to come near the Mount Sinai when he was going to come and give him the laws, you know, and those who touched the Ark of the Covenant. Remember the Ark of the Covenant was going to fall, two of them died. So they lived in this this fear or terror of that, you know, they can't approach this holy God. And then the verse also says that by a new one, we can enter the most holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way, open for us through the curtain that is his body. Open to us through his curtain that is his body. Okay. Yeah, please take the mic, Sean. Yes. Ma, you're telling, I mean, you are talking about how they can, how the priests can go in and come in when the priest, I suppose, dies and said, how will they pull him out or something? Actually, what they used to do is they'll tie a rope around the priest's waist. Then they go inside. And in case if he's dead, it doesn't come out for a long time, they pulled the, they pulled him out using the rope. True. Yes. Right. Thank you. Yeah. Basu relating to this, the veil that was torn in two. So it was in the house, it was like in the tabernacle. In the tabernacle. The temple later on with Solomon built, yes. Yeah. But then what happened to it? I mean, like later on after the storm into, because they still practice it, practiced going to the Holy of Holies. You mean the Jews? The Jews, they still celebrate the Passover and all, but I know the temple, the curtain of the temple is, is torn into two, but I've just left it like that. They wouldn't even, I think they had to touch it. Yeah. But anyway, the temple is no more. Yeah. I have another question. Like, why did Jesus, I mean, why did God have to wait like for this long period of time to send his son? And I mean, the sin was getting more corrupt and more. Yeah. Why did he have to wait for? Why did he have to wait long for God a day is like a thousand years and a thousand days, a thousand years is like a day. So he doesn't fit into our time period, which we look as long, but it was not that he was not doing anything. He was like, we read in Hebrews, it was Hebrews chapter one, right? Hebrews chapter one that we read that in, you know, he spoke at various times, okay, in various ways. He spoke to the prophets, but in the fullness of time, the right time. And if you remember last week, I, I did mention, why was it the fullness of time? Because it was more than any other period in history that the Jews were waiting or anticipating the coming of the Messiah because of the Romans, the Roman rule. They were so frustrated with the rules, the laws, the tax, the way they were persecuted. So more than ever before, they were waiting for the Messiah. So it was not that God, it was also the environment that, you know, only when people expect, would they look forward and when the person, when they look forwards for something, they would, they would identify it and they would receive it, right? If you're not expecting, you know, if you're not expecting something to happen or you're not expecting anyone to come home, then you can live in a house which is like totally junk, you know, or dirty or, you know, if, you know, when we're expecting somebody, we, home, we clean, we make, ensure everything is in place and all of those things, we're prepared. What I'm just saying is basically, we are prepared, okay? So you're prepared to come to Bible college, you dress up in a certain way. You don't come in your night clothes and, you know, with your hair all, you know, frizzy and all this one, but you're prepared to come to Bible college and you come prepared to bring your things. So, so even God was looking for when man's this right time in which people can, you know, we're anticipating, waiting for the Messiah to come so that they can receive him and, you know, when they, when they're anticipating in the fullness of time and they will receive it and they will take hold of it and they will look for it and then they would receive it more than any other season, yes. Any other questions? Anyone from the online, online students, any questions? Man, what I can understand is why do the Jews still have this like wailing wall? The weeping wailing wall. Yeah, weeping wall. It's because they're, you know, the Jews don't believe that Jesus is the Messiah. They're still anticipating the Messiah. They're still looking for somebody who will come and give them political freedom. See? So, they're still looking for that. So, they're still not accepting Jesus as the Messiah. For them, curse is the man who hangs on the tree. Yeah. The weeping the wall. It's, the temple was destroyed, but I think they have just built this because everything was totally destroyed. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe the weeping wall. Yes. Okay. Any other questions from online students? Okay. If not, we will move on. Okay. So, we will look at how Jesus bore our sins in his body. Okay. There are a couple of verses there to read. So, one of you can read John chapter one was 29. Someone else can read Hebrews 10, five and six and someone else can read first speaker chapter two was 24. So, please read John chapter one was 29. The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Amen. Thank you. Hebrews 10, five and six. Hebrews 10, five and six. Therefore, when he came into the world, he said, sacrifice that offering you did not desire, but a body you have prepared for me in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin, you had no pleasure. Amen. First Peter chapter two was 24. Give it to Francis. Yes. First Peter chapter two 24, who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree that we haven't died to sins. I'd leave for righteousness by whose stripes you were healed. Amen. Thank you, Francis. So, in incarnation, Jesus took on human flesh, human body, which had been prepared for him. And in this body, he became the Lamb of God. Okay. Look at what John says. You know, when next day when John saw Jesus coming towards him, what does he say? Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Now, in the Old Testament context or for the Jews or for the Israelites, Lamb signified what? Sacrifice, okay? Because sacrificial system was such a prominent place in the religious system of the Israelites. So, you know, we know that, you know, he's pointing out to Jesus as the Lamb of God, and he's not just talking about the Lamb that has just made a sacrifice for any of the sins, but specifically talking about the Lamb that was made as a sacrifice for on the day of atonement. Okay? So, I told you on the day of atonement, there were actually three animals that were chosen. One was a bull, which was made as a sacrifice for the high priest who would enter the Holy of Holies, and he would sprinkle the blood on the mercy seat, and there was two goats that were taking two male goats without blemish or fault or any sickness or disease, and one male goat would be sacrificed, and the blood the priest would take and sprinkle it on the mercy seat in the Holy of Holies, that made atonement for the sins of the Israelite race. And the other goat was not to be sacrificed, but was a scapegoat, which means they would lay hands, the priest would lay hands on that third goat and would put all the sins of the of the Israelite community on that and would send it off in the wilderness for that goat never to return. Okay? So, we see that, you know, Jesus became this sacrificial lamb. Okay? He was the sacrificial lamb who made atonement for our sins once for all, and has given us the access to approach the Holy of Holies. So Jesus made the full sufficient and the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all humanity once for all, and that is why you and I don't have to make any more sacrifices. Aren't you happy about that? Just imagine every little sin that we do, we'll have to run to the church, we'll have to take our grain offering or a dove or a goat and sacrifice it. But no more sacrifice for sins is done because Jesus made the full sufficient and perfect sacrifice. Amen. Glory to God. Thanks be to God for what He has done for us. So the offering of this lamb was complete, sufficient, you know, what Jesus did and this lamb had to be without blemish. Okay? It had to be a male lamb. So somebody asked that question, why did Jesus have to come as a male? Right? Yeah? So yeah, you asked the question. Yes. Last class. So one of the reasons a male lamb had to be offered as a sacrifice and a lamb without blemish, no fault, no sickness, nothing on the lamb. It had to be perfect lamb and so here was the Jesus, the lamb of God, you know, even though he was fully man, he had to come as, he had to be fully God to become, fully God had to, only deity could become fully human because if he had to be born as a human, he would be born in sin because of the, you know, the sin that was passed on from Adam. But even though he had this, you know, conception from the womb of Mary, but it was through the Holy Spirit. Okay? So it was not out of sin and hence Jesus was sinless. So he had to be fully human. He had to be fully divine because only a sinless lamb, you know, or a sinless person could take on the sins of the entire mankind. Only a sinless person could die on the cross and take our sins. Okay? Upon him self. So he had to be sinless, pure and spotless like that sacrificial lamb and hence John identifies him. How does he identify him through the power of the Holy Spirit? The revelation of the Holy Spirit, the inspiration of the Holy Spirit says, Hey, look, this is a lamb of God. So he's testifying to the fact that, Hey, all of you are looking for the Messiah. Here is the Messiah, here is the lamb of God. Okay? Yes. Man, when you call Christ as sinless, like, do you mean that he can't come like he cannot commit any sin or like he wouldn't commit any sin? Like he had that sinful nature, but he wouldn't do anything again. No, you can't say that he had the sinful nature. He did not have the sinful nature. We had the sinful nature. He could not die on the cross for our sins. He could not take on the sins of the whole human mankind because only a sinless person can die for the sins of the entire mankind. That is why none of us could die for, you know, the sins of the whole mankind. There's no God, man, so to say, who can die. Nobody's perfect because we're all born in sin. We have human father or human mother. We are all born in sin because sin was passed on from Adam into them, into us. So he did not have a sinful nature. He was fully human, but he was entirely sinless, but he took on the sins of mankind. Now, they really asked this because like... But did he have, could he have sinned? Yes, because he was human. He could have sinned, but he overcame temptation. And that is why he sets an example for us that we can also overcome the power of sin and we can also overcome temptation because of the power that's available in us. Yes. No, because like as human beings here, like sin is like become a part of our, yeah, has been part of nature since the very beginning. So isn't that so that my answer to this question, because sin was also part of our humanity? Yes, that is why his conception was sinless. There was no human father involved. There was Mary, okay, but you know, the conception was through the power of the Holy Spirit to supernatural, okay, so to say. Yes, very good question. So, yes, very good question. Mary had the sinful nature in her, so how can we say that, you know, she, Jesus did not inherit the sinful nature. Look at what Luke chapter one verse 35 says. Can somebody read Luke chapter one verse 35? Good question. Luke chapter one verse 35, the angel answered, the Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you, so the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God. Yeah, in some versions it says, therefore the child to be born will be called Holy. Holy means what? Set apart, pure, sinless. So here we can say that, you know, of course Jesus did something, I mean, God in his plan, he tried to avoid the transmission of sin through the, you know, uniting of man and woman, that is Joseph and Mary, but that was avoided. There was no transmission of sin, but we can also say that, you know, Mary could have transmitted her sinful nature into into Jesus, but, you know, God also prevented that transmission of sin, not only from Joseph, but also in a miraculous way from Mary as well. So in a miraculous way, the transmission of sin from Mary was also, you know, prevented from entering into Jesus, even as he was conceived or was, you know, formed in the mother's womb. And how do we know that? Luke chapter one was 35, says, because the child will be Holy. Okay, so that is why he had, he was fully human, but he had a supernatural conception and, you know, supernatural growth in his mother's womb. Yeah, good question. Any more questions? Okay, no questions? Okay, then we'll move on. So we are looking at how, you know, Jesus is the Lamb of God who made the perfect sacrifice. He also conquered sin in the flesh. Romans chapter eight was three and four. Can somebody read that? Please Romans eight, three and four. Nicole can read Romans eight, three and four. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the place. God did by sending his own son in the likeness of sinful place on account of sin. He condemnated sin in the place that he, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do, do not walk according to the place, but according to the spirit. Amen. Thank you. So here it says what the law could not do God did by sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh. Now what could the law not do? See, the law was given by whom? God, if it's given by God, it is holy, right. Okay, it's just spiritual. Okay, the law required that we keep the righteous demands of God. Okay, the law was given so that we keep the righteous means, righteous demands means that we live right before God, righteous means being right before God. So the law required us to live right before God, but the law did not give us the, did not aid us, did not give us the strength or the support or the help it needed for us to obey the laws. Okay, and none of us can keep all the laws, right, because our sinful nature is so strong, it rains. So none of us could keep the righteous requirements of the law. Why? Because sin dominated in our flesh, sin was even more powerful. And that is why we could not keep all of the righteous requirements of the law. So God sent his son in the likeness of sinful flesh, not in sinful flesh, but in likeness of sinful flesh. That means he was fully human, but accepting that he was sinless, he was not sinful. Okay, and Jesus limited himself to every kind of humanness. He took on the physical body, which was a vehicle for sin and ungodliness. How do we know that our bodies are a means for sin and ungodliness? Because this was says that we could not keep the righteous standards of the requirements of the law. Why? Because sin rained in our body, sin was more powerful, more dominating, was more loud than the power to keep the law. So two reasons why God sent his son in the likeness of sinful flesh is, he sent his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh on account of sin, just like we read in this verse, right? Romans chapter eight. Okay, he sent his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh on account of what? Sin. Okay, now this word, account of sin in Greek has a sacrificial meaning or a connotation. Okay, if you look at read the same verse in the new international version, it says, God did by sending his own son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. The Amplified Bible says, sending his own son in the guise of sinful flesh, okay, as an offering for sin. Again, here it's talking about the day of atonement when the sacrifice was made for the, you know, atonement or the covering up of the sins of the entire human or the entire community of the Israelites. So in this day of atonement, there were two goat, sacrificial goats. One was a sin offering, one was a sin bearer. The sin offering was the goat that was cut and the sin, the blood was sprinkled on the mercy seat. That's called a sin offering. And the sin bearer is that second goat in which they would just lay their hands and place all the sins of the entire Israelite community and send that goat as a scapegoat into the wilderness. Okay, so here Jesus became that lamb, which was both the sin offering and also the sin bearer. Okay, he bore our sins and he also made the offering for our sin. So symbolically, Jesus took upon himself, he was our sin bearer. He took upon himself the sins of the entire mankind and also he made this good sufficient, perfect sacrifice for the sins of the entire mankind. He made it by shedding his own blood. So this is the first thing that was reason why God sent his son in the likeness of sinful flesh. Okay, why? Because he had to be someone like us, identify with us so that he can bear our sins and also die in our place. The second reason why God sent his son in the likeness of sinful flesh is so that he condemns sin in the flesh. Okay, God condemned sin means what? He subdued, he overcame, he deprived sin. If you look at it in an amplified Bible, it says he subdued, he overcame, he deprived it of its power in the flesh. So Jesus in the flesh, he condemned sin means he was able to subdue sin. Okay, he did not give in to sin. He was able to overpower sin and also was able to deprive sin of its power by not yielding to temptation, by not giving in to sin. So, you know, even though this is the right environment, the right place, because for us, sin reigns in our mortal body, but in that same body, Christ was able to break the power of sin. In that same body, he was able to bear sin and also make the sufficient, full sufficient, perfect sacrifice for our sins by being sinless himself. So, you know, God broke the power of sin in the human body. So an example for us that we can also overcome sin in our sinful body, which is a vehicle for sin for ungodliness. Okay, so here it teaches us that we don't have to be subject to the cry or the lust of the flesh or the power of the flesh or to the dictates of the flesh or how the flesh overpowers us. Instead, we can follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It's the Holy Spirit that gives us the power that enables us to, you know, overcome sin and also to keep the law. Remember, the Old Testament, people were not able to keep the law. What did God say? He didn't say, I'm going to remove the law. What did he say? I will remove that heart of stone. I'll give you a heart of flesh. And what does he say? I will write my laws upon your heart and mind. So whenever we, wherever we see, you know, that God, you know, took away the laws or he abolished the laws, he came to do away the laws, that's not mean that, you know, now since we're in the new covenant, there is no law. We have freedom. We can do anything and everything. There's no rules and regulations. No, we're still under the law. The law is very much abiding. The law is very much good. The law, you know, some people read what Romans say, and they say the law could not do it. The law is weak and all of those things. So God did away with the law. No, the law still function. Ten commandments is still functioning. But what does God say? I will write my laws upon your heart and mind and I will put my Holy Spirit in you and my Holy Spirit will help you to obey or to keep the laws. So the law was not done away with. It's not, you know, abolished, but the law is written on our hearts and minds. And now God is giving us an aid or a help how to keep the law. Okay. And how to keep the law? It is with the power of the Holy Spirit. Isn't that amazing? Okay. So, so that's what it says. This word says, that's the righteous requirements of the law are fully met because of what Christ has done. Now, how can we keep the righteous requirements of the law? We can't keep it, right? Because we're still all of us in the same human body like people had in the Old Testament. But how can we keep, how can we be right before God even today? Because that we don't have any laws. We have only grace. We can do anything. And the grace of God covers our sin. No, we have the laws. We will be judged. Okay, we have to follow the laws. But it is, you know, the Holy Spirit who will help us. And, you know, the righteous requirements of the law are fully met. That means it's legally satisfied because of what Christ has done. And now we can keep the righteous requirements of the law, or we can keep God's laws, His commandments, because the righteousness of Jesus has been imputed on us. That means the righteousness of Jesus Christ has been put into our account. Are you able to understand? We are not right before God. We have no right standing before God. But because of what Jesus has done on the cross and because of His righteous, His righteousness has been put on us. His righteousness has been put into our account. And that is why we have a right standing with God. And that is also will enable us to keep the law. And also the empowerment of the Holy Spirit will enable us to keep the right standing, to keep the righteous requirements of the law. Okay, so another thing what Jesus did in His human flesh is that through His human flesh, what He did on the cross, He was able to, you know, make us righteous and help us to keep the righteous demands of the law. Okay. And we look at Hebrews chapter 2, verses 14 and 18, where it talks about threefold purpose. Why did Jesus have to partake in flesh and blood? Why did Jesus have to share in our humanity? Well, look at this chapter, Hebrews chapter 2, verses 14 and 18, and look at three purposes for the incarnation and the consequence of it. So can somebody please read Hebrews chapter 2, verses 14 and 18, please. Hebrews 2, 14 and 18, and as much than as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy Him who had the power of death, that is the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetimes subject to bondage. For indeed, He does not give back to angels, but He does give it to the seed of Abraham. Therefore, in all things, He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be merciful and faithful, high placed in things, pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people, for in that He Himself has suffered, been tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted. Okay, very important scripture passage, I want you all to follow through, you know, so we see that Jesus, you know, was flesh and blood wise so that He could destroy the power of death. Look at verse 14. He says, in as much as then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that means He Himself was flesh and blood, and through His death, so that through His death He might destroy the power of death, that is the devil. So why did God had to become man? Why did He have to take on full flesh and blood so that, you know, He might destroy the one who had the power of death and that is the devil. Okay, so Christ shared in our humanity so that through His death, you know, He could destroy the one who had the power of death, that is the devil. Okay, so here the scripture was clearly says in Hebrews chapter 2 verse 14, that He had to become flesh and blood so that He can destroy Him who had the power of death, that is the devil. Okay, look at, and you know, when Jesus died on the cross, you know, when He, why did He have to become flesh and blood? Why couldn't God just destroy the devil? Why did He have to become human? Why did He have to take on flesh and blood? Remember the Edenic covenant that God made? Remember we read that in Genesis chapter 3 verse 15, we said the seed of the woman will crush the head of the serpent, the seed of the woman. Okay, that was the covenant God made and so somebody had to come in the human race, had to be born of a woman. Okay, can't be God, had to be born of a woman and He would crush the head of the serpent and in Christ, this prophecy is fulfilled. So please look at your notes, follow through, this is very important, we're looking at Hebrews chapter 2 verse 14 and 18. Why did Jesus have to come in flesh and blood? So that one of the reasons is so that He could destroy Him who had the power of death and that is the devil. Okay, you have to use the mic and okay, had to, yeah. Ma'am God also can send any of His angels for like, like Jesus came now. So why God didn't send anyone in His and His only Son? You tell me, I already taught you that in the last class. You tell me why? It's good that you have woken up but but you tell me, I already said and I repeated that even when we, why? Why could He not send any angels? Even when He came, we began this second lecture I explained because Jesus was the only one who had the honor and the privilege who was very intimate and close. Remember the bosom of the Father? Maybe you were a little one of the sleep but if you look at your notes, it says in John chapter 1 was 18 that no one has seen God, the only one who's in the bosom of the Father. So Jesus was very close, bosom means when the mother holds a child very close to herself, this is that close. So He was so intimately one and because He was so close and intimately one, He was the only one who could reveal everything of the Father to us. Yes, God could have sent an angel but the angel could not have revealed everything about God. The revelation would have been very partial. And also answering Chirag's question, I was just thinking about it. In Revelation it says the angels that were before around the throne with two wings, they covered their head, they covered their face and they covered their eyes which means that God's presence is so holy that they could not even see Him. Yes, so maybe the angels also could not see the holiness of, see God in reality but maybe just witness His manifest glory like you know there's a light state when they, when God showed up in Mount Sinai and the Tabernacle. Yes, have you got your answer? Okay, so keep awake, it'll help you. Yes, give it to Sean please. My question is that I mean coming back to God's being 100% man, 100%, this is being 100% man, 100% God. Now when you say He was 100% God, whatever He did as man, He did it through the power of the Holy Spirit, did any miracles and all that. So my question is how can we still call Him 100% God when He is. How can we still? How can we call Him 100% God when He came here because He did everything that as a man, He used the Holy Spirit not to do here, not to heal people, not to do many miracles. That is what we're looking in this chapter. Why do we say He was fully God? Because only God could reveal Himself to mankind, only God could take on the sins of mankind. Right, no sin, you and I can't, nobody else can't because they're all born in sin. So who can take on the sins of mankind? He had to be a perfect sinless, spotless person and that is only God becoming man. Who could only reveal the Father out of God. It's only God Himself who could reveal Himself to us and how when He reveals Himself, how can we see? Only when it's tangible, when you can relate to us as a human being relate. So He became a human being related to us that we can understand God, we can receive the revelation and also that He could make that full sufficient, perfect sacrifice which is required and make that sacrifice for sin that is required for reconciliation and for us being justified. So Him being sinless is the only characteristic that makes Him 100% God? No, He had, that's what I'm saying, in His deity He had the full nature of God, right? But He seized, He did not express it or He did not, He refrained from expressing it and exercising it. Remember, we learned that in the last class, He was fully God, fully God, fully man. We can't understand that with a human, this one, but He was fully God, fully man, but He refrained from exercising His omnipotence, omniscience and His omnipotence. But He didn't, yeah, so doesn't that mean He lived only 100% as man and didn't use any percent of Him being Son of God? He was fully God, fully man. He lived 100% God, 100% man. It's not something that we can comprehend and understand, it's something that we just receive by faith and try to understand and comprehend, but what, instead of understanding that, we can also see how, why did this God have to become man, just for me to understand Him, for me personally, for me personally to know Him. And because He, God became man, I have access to His throne of grace, I have access to spiritual inheritance, spiritual blessings to everything, I don't have to make sacrifices. Those are the things that we have to ponder on and make use of in our life and receive that and live in that and walk in that. Because trying to comprehend all of this is not going to fit our logical reasoning and understanding, so to say. We understand how much we can, the rest we take by faith, but we can see, yes, when God could become man, why could He not stop the transmission of sin from Mary into Him? See, why could He not refrain from using, He's God. See, you should understand that He's God, He can stop doing things, He can do things, He does not need His sovereign, He can do things, strong will and more than us, we can't comprehend Him without understanding, but He was fully God, fully man, operated fully, totally and that's why we're seeing how, so you need to try to understand how, you know, even as we're looking, you need to comprehend, understand for yourself, that is why I'm saying, please go back and please read the notes because you just can't listen to a lecture for two hours because, you know, I understand, no one can listen, concentrate for 50 minutes. Attention span at the most is 20, the rest 30 is gone, so that rest 30 you have to read, otherwise you will come up with these questions and these are fundamental truths, that's why I'm saying, please, please take time to read, I also take time to read and prepare, even though I'm teaching this subject after so many years, you know, I'm learning so many new things, it applies to me as well, very, very important, others you will still be very confused, yeah. Actually Christ shared in our humanity to destroy the power of death, so we come back to the Genesis 315 that the seed of woman would crush the head of the serpent, yes, so Christ came to fulfill this prophecy, so I mean, when we consider this Genesis 315 that the seed of woman would crush the head, it doesn't apply for us or it's only for the Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, you know. Yes, because you look at the seed, there is a capitalist talking about the seed of the woman, it's not for all the human beings, the prophecy. It could also be inclusive where we can, like what I'm going to say when Jesus died on the cross, you know, he crushed the head of serpent, he fulfilled the prophecy, okay, but you know, he also, when it says here, he destroyed the devil, the Greek word for destroy, there means to paralyze, to undo, to bring to nothing, to make to no effect, okay, that which means Christ reduced the power of Satan to nothing and also we see that he shared this victory with us, so even we as a seed of woman, we can crush the head of serpent because of the authority that has been given to us and because of our spiritual position, now what is our spiritual position? We are seated at the right hand of God, right? Why are we, what is our spiritual position when we mean that we are seated at the right hand of God? That means we have been given power over to disarm every principality, like we read in Colossians chapter 2 verse 15 that on the cross Jesus disarmed principalities and power, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them, so these principalities and powers are these demonic hosts that is being referred to, how do we know it's demonic hosts? Because we read this in Ephesians chapter 6 verse 12 where it says, for our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against authorities, against powers of this dark world, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly rems, okay? So when Jesus died, he undoed the paralyzed, he brought to nothing, made to no effect the Satan's power, okay? And he on the cross, he stripped Satan of all his power, he openly displayed his triumph in his heavenly rems and Christ destroyed the devil, so you know notice when Christ defeated Satan on the cross, he did it as a human being, as flesh and blood, not as deity, so in his humanity Christ actually defeated devil as a representative of the human race, okay? And Hebrews chapter 2 verse 10 says that he is the captain of our salvation, look at your notes, follow through your notes, it will be easy, so your mind is also concentrating, okay? He is the captain of our salvation, Hebrews chapter 2 verse 10 which means that you know Jesus defeated the devil on our behalf as our captain, okay? So what does that mean? When he defeated devil on our behalf as our captain, we also share in his victory, when the king, now suppose you're the king, the king of Bangalore city goes for war and the king of Bangalore city wins the war, are we all going to be slaves of that other king he fought against? No, we also, whether irrespective of whether we went for the war or not, we also celebrate in that victory, that victory is also us, we are also living in freedom, we have won the war, right? Even if you don't go to the battlefield, so Jesus is our captain of our salvation, Hebrews chapter 2 verse 10, so why did God have to become man so that he can be, he can die as a representative in our place so that he can defeat Satan and he as a captain of our salvation, we also receive that blessing. Why? Remember when Adam sinned, all of us, we all fall short of the glory, we also receive sin, okay? Even though we are not, we are great, great, great, great, great, great, grandchildren of Adam, we're not directly connected to him, but we're all born in sin, all of you can say how unfaithful, but look at what God has done, he became man and he died on the cross, the victories also us, when he died on the cross he broke the power of sin, it applies to us, the power of sin is automatically broken in our lives, when he died on the cross he defeated death, death is automatically defeated in us because he's taken our place, just like Adam sinned, we receive sin, Christ died as a human being, we also receive all of these things, so it was important for him not to die as deity but as humanity so that he can represent us so that we can receive from what he has done, are you able to understand now? Yes, so because he defeated Satan on the cross, he's our captain, that person is also defeated, did you, did you remember, so the king goes for battle, he defeats Goliath, so when he defeats Goliath, it's as if to say I also defeated Goliath even though I didn't go for war against Goliath because I'm part of that kingdom, I belong to that kingdom, so we see that Jesus shares his victory for us with us and hence we have the victory so that Genesis 315 Edenic covenant also applies to us that we can now have the power to crush Satan whenever he comes against us, yes. Sean quickly because time is up, please take the mic so that other students can listen. I didn't match, so you can say the same thing, they're doing cricket match when you have India versus Pakistan, so when India wins, we say that India is won, but actually the place that they won, but we say that India is won. Yes, okay he's talking about the cricket match and saying when India wins against Pakistan, all of us Indians win, yes. Okay, thank you, any questions? Online students, you've been very quiet today, no questions, online students? Ma'am, anything about the exam? Please online students, please type out your questions in the chat section if you have, yes. Anything about the exams for this coming week? Yeah, I'll discuss that later with you. Okay, no questions, if there are no questions, I thought of finishing this and the next lesson, but not been able to. Anyway, we'll continue next class, thank you all for joining our class, please, please, please, online students, in-person students, read your notes, very important so that you can come back next week and be able to understand. Okay, thank you for joining class, have a good day, thank you.