The Great Divide

Cleft of a Rock

The Cross of Jesus Christ is the Great Divide, a line in time and eternity that splits apart two eras: Law and Grace. In the Old Covenant from God, the Law was given, but in the New Covenant, Grace came - in the Person of Jesus Christ. Now we can be made new (2 Corinthians 5:17). We could never keep the Law and be righteous. But now, in Christ, we are the righteousness of God -- a free gift from the Only Righteous One (2 Corinthians 5:21). Believe and receive, and you will be forever a new creation!

Now we see that all Scripture must be filtered through the Cross of Jesus.  From the Law of Moses to Jesus' death and resurrection, people lived under the Old Covenant, B.C., otherwise known as the Law, the Ministry of Death.  But now, those who put their faith in Jesus Christ, have been transferred from the Old into the New, the Covenant of Grace, the Law of the Spirit and life, the Covenant of Promise.  Like our spiritual father, Abraham, we become righteous, through faith, by the power of God's saving grace.  It has always been by faith in His grace, and the Law showed us how much we needed it.  For there is none righteous, no not one, and there never will be -- except Jesus.  It is His righteousness that we receive when we believe.  We still cannot ever be righteous in ourselves, but we are no longer tied to the Law; we are captured by His Grace.