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The Word tells us explicitly mankind and restore him to his
that we are created in the very original position in the eyes of God.
image of God, and according to His A perfect circle of redemption!
likeness. We were created to be This perfection is even further on
“like” Him. He then gave us display in Jesus’ interaction with
dominion over the world that He Pontius Pilate after his arrest.
had created. That dominion was John 18:37 – Pilate therefore
His by right, and He gave it to us said to Him, "Are You a king
willingly. Then, when that then?" Jesus answered, "You
dominion was lost, He took on the say rightly that I am a king. For
form of that which He had created. this cause I was born, and for
But it is important to note, the this cause I have come into the
Word of God didn’t take the perfect world, that I should bear
form that Adam possessed in the witness to the truth. Everyone
Garden. Jesus came to Earth in who is of the truth hears My
the fallen state that mankind voice."
existed in after the fall from
Jesus knew that He was
Paradise.
bearing witness to the truth, that
Here is the part that I think is He had come into this world to
perfect. God creates man in a rule! That is why He answered
perfect form. Man disobeys God Pilate in the way that He did.
and loses his perfection and Pilate wanted to know is He was a
dominion. In order to redeem king, and Jesus makes no attempt
man, God becomes a man, in the to hide the fact that “kingship” was
imperfect form, and through the precise reason that He was
obedience is able to be a Savior to here.
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