Brought near by the blood of Christ

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. - Ephesians 2v13

Sin caused all kinds of problems. It made us into God’s enemies. It also separated us for God. The closeness that was present at creation was gone. Before Christ God worked though Israel, His chosen nation. It was through them that He gave the Law to further prove man’s hopelessness. This caused another division; the division between God’s chosen people and all others, who the Bible calls Gentiles.

These divisions were so great that nothing could span them. Yet, both gaps were spanned at once. When Christ was on the cross God tore down the “middle wall of partition” that separated man from God. He tore the veil separating the holy place from the Holy of Holies from top to bottom. The division between Jew and Gentile was once and forever gone.

Something greater happened because of the blood of Christ. Every human being, separated from God by their sin, can now be brought close to God by His blood. The most vast expanse ever to exist, the expanse caused by man’s sin, has now been closed by the greatest act of love possible when God gave His Son.

Without Christ we were far off. Indeed far, far off. Praise God that in Christ we are brought back into closeness with Him!