Our Day of Atonement

And each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family.             -Leviticus 25:10

Just as the Year of Jubilee enabled the Israelites to return to their original possessions, salvation through Jesus enables us to return to the original position Adam enjoyed with God.

In that original state, Adam was healthy. No sickness or disease existed in his body, because no sickness or disease existed on earth.

If God had wanted man sick, He would have created sickness. But God never did say, “Let there be cancer.” He never said, “Let there be colds and flu.” Instead the Bible tells us God sent His Word to heal us. (Ps. 107:20.) Matthew 8:17 says, “Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses.” Referring to Jesus, 1 Peter 2:24 says, “By whose stripes ye were healed.”

Adam enjoyed divine health, a sound mind and every need met before he sinned in the Garden. All he had to do was obey God’s command and stay away from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the midst of the Garden. But when the serpent said, “Go ahead and eat from it.” Adam disobeyed God and chose a new master. (Gen. 3:4-6.) At that moment, he lost all the blessings that had been his to enjoy.

Fear entered in. Adam had never experienced fear before. But after Satan became his legal guardian, Adam told God, “I was afraid” (Gen. 3:10). From that point on, Adam and all his descendants were plagued with hate, murder, poverty and sickness.

But, thank God, then came our day of atonement! Jesus became the sacrificial Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. (John 1:29.) He was the last Adam, who redeemed—or purchased back—for us everything the first Adam lost. Through Jesus, we can come into the family of God and have all our original possessions restored!

CONFESSION:

Jesus is my Jubilee. He has restored me to all the benefits God originally planned for mankind. Because of Jesus, I walk in divine health. All my needs are met—spirit, soul and body!