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Jesus Birth- The First Installment

Jesus birth was the true beginning.

At the cross triune did not hold back any of his judgment nor did he hold back any of who he is, which is love. All Gods judgement and all Gods love converged at the cross. The crucifixion is the full price paid for righteous judgement. The resurrection was the full result of perfect love's complete redemption from that judgement.

There is one judgement for all humankind. The image bearers of Triune God live in true complete freedom because full judgement's price was paid fully by the life of the Christ. His death was the last installment in the payment plan of Triune God. The contract was completely fulfilled. Judgment's agreed on price had been met on every level, for all eternity.

Did not the payment begin when Jesus was conceived? Triune God (whom we are fashioned after) by his own efforts, began to live in a degree of separation from himself at Christ's conception here on earth. Eternal, Triune God who lives in eternal relationship as father, son, and holy spirit then had relationship with a degree of seperation. Perfect love experienced a degree of imperfection with the son living in a temporal realm.

Part of Triune was now living as a created image bearer instead of fully being a part of Triune, the original. For me, the realization that I am one of Triune's image bearers was one of the most significant life-changing truths I've encountered. For Triune it is significant that the son was conceived into an image bearer because the moment that happened the "first installment" of judgement's payement plan started. The son, holy spirit, and father all experienced that degree of seperation they had never, in all the eternal realm they live in, experienced before.

A time and space restriction was inserted into an eternal relationship; The life of the son, living as Jesus, conceived this time and space restriction into an eternal Triune God relationship.

Now that the full price of God's judgement has been paid there is liberty. Judgement, because it is judgement, places a demand of payment upon the judged. I am so deeply thankful that Triune's righteous judgement had a demand of payment that has also been paid by Triune's perfect love gift. A payment that exacted a degree of seperation from the eternal triune God with himself.

Now that all God's judgement is paid, there is no payment demand that needs to be met by me concerning judgement for sin. I will still live out consequences of unhealthy choices, but I live as a free man.

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