THE LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
The Cross and Offering of Christ Crucified Analogized, and the Foundation of Offerings to God


1 ADAM AND EVE - CHAPTER 24

[24:1]
THEN the merciful God, good 'and Lover of men, looked upon Adam and Eve, and upon their blood, which they had held up as an offering unto Him; without an order from Him for so doing. But He wondered at them; and accepted their offerings.

[24:2]
And God sent from His presence a bright fire, that consumed their offering.

[24:3]
He smelt the sweet savour of their offering, and showed them mercy.

[24:4]
Then came the Word of God to Adam, and said unto him, "O Adam, as thou hast shed thy blood, so will I shed My own blood when I become flesh of thy seed; and as thou didst die, O Adam, so also will I die. And as thou didst build an altar, so also will I make for thee an altar on the earth; and as thou didst offer thy blood upon it, so also will I offer My blood upon an altar on the earth.

[24:5]
"And as thou didst sue for forgiveness through that blood, so also will I make My blood forgiveness of sins, and blot out transgressions in it.

[24:6]
"And now, behold, I have accepted thy offering, O Adam, but the days of the covenant, wherein I have bound thee, are not fulfilled. When they are fulfilled, then will I bring thee back into the garden.

[24:7]
"Now, therefore, strengthen thy heart; and when sorrow comes upon thee, make Me an offering, and I will be favourable to thee."

[1 Adam+Eve 24:1]
THEN the merciful God, Good and Lover of men, looked upon Adam and Eve, and upon their blood, which they had held up as an offering unto Him; without an order from Him for so doing. But He wondered at them; and accepted their offerings.

God was really impressed and touched by this innovative gifts from Adam and Eve, which had neither precedence nor pre-order and yet wisely and wonderfully made. And God accepted their offerings, which were the first Ritual or Sacrifice of Blood of man and woman on the Altar acceptable and accepted by God.

[1 Adam+Eve 24:2]
And God sent from His presence a bright fire, that consumed their offering.

That began the era of God accepting offerings on the altar to Him, by sending fire to consume the offerings.

Now sending a Bright Fire from His Presence, did not take the Fire out of His Presence, but brought His Presence upon the altar and the gifts on which the Bright Fire dwelt and fed. Moreover, by this we understand that the Fire of God consumes to consumate holy and acceptable blood rituals and sacrifices on altars to Him.

The Fire of God does not eat sacrifices made to idols/demons, so you must not eat meats sacrificed to idols/demons. There are "Demonic Rituals and Sacrifices" different from "Godly Rituals and Sacrifices." The basic difference between them is not in their being "Holy," but rather in their being "Acceptable" to God. Both Cain and Abel offered holy sacrifices to God, but only Abel's holy offering was acceptable while Cain's holy offering was unacceptable to God. Acceptability to God pertaining Sacrifices or Offerings considers both the Persons from whence they came, and the Persons to whom they are offered. If the persons from whence they came are as unrighteous+unrepenting Cain, their offerings of sacrifices are not acceptable to God. Or if the persons to whom they are offered are idols, demons or other gods besides the true God, those offerings shall not be acceptable to God.

Moreover, the Bright Fire consumed/burnt the Offering+Sacrifices instead of just burning them without consuming them like the burning bush that was kindled but was not burnt or consumed. It's "Burnt Offering" and not just "Burning Offering." Behold, we are no longer in the era for "Burnt Offerings" but have come into the era of "Burning Offerings" also known as "Living Sacrifices" because the "Living" is the keeping of the Burning Fire active and unquenched.

[Leviticus 6:8-9] — "And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning on the altar all night to the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it."

The wise Virgins took extra oil that kept their Burning Lamp, Light or Burning Bright Fire, alive and enduring. That's their living Sacrifices, Holy+Acceptable to God.

Wise Virgins are no longer offering "Virgin Blood" but offering "Virgin Oil" for the Bright Fire/Light to keep burning brighter.

Adam and Eve had the bright fire consumed their offerings, but the Cherub and Flaming Sword kept the Sword burning on flames in that manifest Presence of God by the Gate of the Garden.

[1 Adam+Eve 24:3]
He smelt the sweet savour of their offering, and showed them mercy.

Adam and Eve did not add any perfume or aromatic spice when they offered just their virgin blood mixed with the sand. Yet when that bright fire consumed those, God smelt the sweet savor of their offering; and that perception that went into God's Nostrils caused God to show them mercy. Someone had been shown mercy or favor just because she smelt good aromatically, while another was unfavored because of foul odor.

Just smelling sweet savor from their offerings caused God to show them mercy. This was repeated in the Bible, where God only smelled sweet savor from Noah, and God began to soliloquies within Himself, making vows on preservation of the earth inspite of men's ways on earth.

But does Blood smell as sweet savor? Does blood have aroma or scent? Is there difference in smell/scent between blood of different people and between blood of virgins and non-virgins?

Scientists have come to establish that Sharks can smell or perceive scent of blood from average distance of about half a mile in the waters. And sharks also know the difference in drops of blood from different people or creatures, where their blood joined or touched together. Even high sniffing Dogs can tell the smell or scent of different people and creatures, coming from their blood and body.

In the spiritual, Beings can look at men's blood and tell lots of information about those men just from their blood samples; including whether they are virgins, how many body counts they had, whether their souls are innocent in their blood, what traits or potentials they carry, and their ancestry/genealogy, etc, just from their blood. Moreover, innocent and clean blood can remit or atone for sins and guilts, or wash away certain stains spiritually.

Before evil spirits would see the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, they usually perceive or smell His Blood from further distance. And yes, Blood Speaks things; but the Blood of the Lord Jesus speaks better things than that of Abel.

[1 Adam+Eve 24:4]
Then came the Word of God to Adam, and said unto him, "O Adam, as thou hast shed thy blood, so will I shed My own blood when I become flesh of thy seed; and as thou didst die, O Adam, so also will I die. And as thou didst build an altar, so also will I make for thee an altar on the earth; and as thou didst offer thy blood upon it, so also will I offer My blood upon an altar on the earth.

Lamb slain from the foundation of the world:
The Cross and Offering of Christ Crucified Analogized here.

This also meant those things Adam and Eve did as Priests hereby became prophetic illustration of some of the major things the Lord God Himself took upon Himself to undertake as Son of man or a Descendant of Adam and Eve, as Merciful High Priest.

[1 Adam+Eve 24:5]
"And as thou didst sue for forgiveness through that blood, so also will I make My blood forgiveness of sins, and blot out transgressions in it.

God made His Blood of Christ Crucified to become the "Forgiveness of Sins" and the "Remission of Transgression." Stop looking for sins or transgression anywhere the Blood of Jesus Christ is, because that Blood is the end or destruction to all sins or transgressions committed. The Blood of Jesus Christ is Touch and Die to sins. This means another way to plead for God's Forgiveness and Remission of sins is to simply plead the Blood of Jesus Christ. That Blood is also called "Forgiveness/Remission."

[Matthew 26:28] — "For this is My Blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins."

[Colossians 1:14] — "In Him we have redemption through His blood, even the Forgiveness of sins:"

[1 Adam+Eve 24:6]
"And now, behold, I have accepted thy offering, O Adam, but the days of the covenant, wherein I have bound thee, are not fulfilled. When they are fulfilled, then will I bring thee back into the garden.

The blood of Adam and Eve were accepted offering to God for the remission of their sin, but not qualified for them to be accepted or received again into the Garden until the Blood of Jesus Christ.

To enter the Presence of God, their blood was enough; but to enter the Garden of God again through the gates, their blood was not enough. It has always been easier to enter God's Acceptance and Presence than to enter through that Gate or Door once shut.

[Luke 13:24‭-‬27 NKJV] — “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from,’ then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’ But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’

They've been entering His Presence, but they could not enter through the Gate into His Garden or Paradise City. Like they got to know, every man would need have both "The Righteousness of God" and "The Righteousness of Self" to enter the Gate.

[Revelation 22:14-15] — "Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates. But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood."

Adam and Eve had their own righteousness or reconciliation with God ready by the acceptance of their wise offering to God, but yet they had to also wait for the Righteousness of God in Jesus Christ crucified, for the perfection by which they could then enter the Garden again and beyonds. And for that righteousness of God to come by then, there were days to be fulfilled for the Covenant to come. Behold, to us now, those days were already fulfilled and the covenant is fully set to bring us to come. Now is the accepted time; today is the day of Salvation of that Covenant, and no more thousands of years away from today as it was from Adam.

[1 Adam+Eve 24:7]
"Now, therefore, strengthen thy heart; and when sorrow comes upon thee, make Me an offering, and I will be favourable to thee."

Brethren that was how the era of "Offerings" began, and may never end, in this world: for God began to like, to ask, to receive, and to react, for offerings from hands of men. And though offerings are not all bribes, yet offerings are all inducing when they are accepted by God from men and for men.

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