There are some incredible and heart-warming stories of reconciliation in history. But did you know that the meta-narrative of the Bible is one of amazing reconciliation? It is the overarching theme of the Bible. It’s unmatched in character and unrivalled in scope. In fact, this beautiful story really could have a happy ending for you personally. Here’s a high-level recap of the Bible’s big story.

by Dr. A.J. Higgins

There was one small speck in the vast universe of God where rebellion and hostility toward its creator were evident. Its inhabitants had declared war upon the benevolent God who had brought their world and had brought them into being. His avowed enemies issued their declaration of independence from God.

That God had intervened and revealed Himself in many different ways and times to His creatures. Yet the rebellion and insolence only grew. His most recent attempt to communicate with His creatures was through a nation that had been favoured and blessed. They had seen God’s miracles; they had known miraculous provision through a wilderness for forty years. God had entered into a covenant with them and had given them His law, a reflection of His moral character. But that nation, as well, rejected the knowledge of God and turned to idols.

What would God do? How would He respond? Using figurative language from Jesus’ parable in the Gospel of Mark Chapter 12 — “Having yet one Son, His well-beloved…” To this world which had risen up in insurrection, God sent His only Son. He did not send Him to conquer and subdue; He was sent to reveal all that God is and all that He wished to be toward humanity.

But the enemy was not impressed. They took the “Heir” and nailed Him upon a cross as though defiantly telling God that they wished nothing from Him and did not want to know about Him. With a Satanically inspired madness, their hatred and enmity against God crested at its high-water mark at Calvary. The creature sought to murder the Creator!

How did God respond? What did He do? The guilt of the human family was not only established by our ruin in sin and our rebellion against light, but now we rejected the full blaze of divine revelation, shutting our eyes in an insane rush to perdition. Judgment must be imminent.

But wonder of wonders, our ultimate act of enmity against God, our crowning sin in our rebellion against Him, the clearest expression of our stance as enemies of God – that very same crime would be used by God to reconcile us, to make us His friends.

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Remote tribes may talk of their “peace child” as a means of reconciling tribes; monarchs and kingdoms may tell of intermarriage between royal families to maintain friendly relationships; and modern nations may tell of their pacts and alliances. But the glory of God’s plan for reconciliation is unmatched and unrivalled. He actually sent His Son into a hostile world, not to negotiate or to broker peace or a compromise. He sent Him to reconcile His enemies by allowing His enemies a free hand to brutally treat and then impale Him to a tree.

There is nothing in the history of nations which can even serve as an example. The very last thing we would have expected is a basis of reconciliation such as this. The worst that the enemy could do against God was used as the very means to reconcile those very same enemies and not only make them into friends but to bless them (that would be those of us who have trusted Christ as our Saviour), with all His heart ever desired to give humanity. What a God! What a Saviour!

This Bible verse captures the amazing story of the Bible in these few words:

“When we were enemies, we were reconciled to God

by the death of His Son.”

Romans 5:10
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The Amazing Message of Reconciliation

1. Humans caused the alienation from God and persist in the very behaviour that originally caused the alienation. Read Genesis Chapter 3 and Romans 5:12

2. Sinners, who live independently from their Creator God, and daily prove they love themselves and do not love God are loved by this God. Sinners who disobey and rebel against God daily, demonstrating, usually in very cultured ways, a deep-seated hostility towards the Almighty God, are still loved by God.

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3. God, the innocent party in the broken relationship, made the first move of peace and healing towards us – and what an amazing move it was! Before we ever showed any love toward God, He loved us and sacrificially gave His Son to suffer for our wicked, hateful and rebellious sins. The Bible is clear that “He first loved us…” 1 John 4:19. That’s the story behind the death of Jesus on the cross.

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4. On the part of the offended and mistreated and badly maligned God – nothing else remains to be done. He will gladly embrace any rebel sinner who turns to Him from their path of sin. Complete forgiveness and total acceptance will immediately be granted to the repentant sinner based on the holy satisfaction that Jesus’ sin-atoning death brought to God 2000 years ago on the Cross. “When we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son.” Romans 5:10

5. To be lifted and reconciled to the Holy God, you must accept His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, as your personal Saviour. The Bible says in John 1:12 that “…to all who did receive Him [Jesus], who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God…”

God made the first move in reconciliation. Now it’s your move – so to speak. What will you do with His Son, Jesus Christ? That’s the only question.

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