Without the removal of these partitions, there
Without the removal of these partitions, there would be no way for us to be one in the Lord Jesus as His Body. Praise the Lord that all the ordinances were abolished by the Man-Savior on the cross! Now in the church life we have people of all races, colors, and nationalities.
A GRAIN OF WHEAT
Finally, Christ died on the cross as a grain of wheat: "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit" (John 12:24). The Lord died on the cross as a grain of wheat in order to release the divine life from within Him.
The New Testament reveals that the Lord Jesus died on the cross as seven items: the Lamb of God, a man in the flesh, a man of the old creation, the serpent, the Firstborn of all creation, the Peace maker, and a grain of wheat. This is not merely our word; this is what the Bible reveals. We need to proclaim the fact that, according to the Word of God, the Man-Savior died as these seven items.
THE DEATH OF AN ALL-INCLUSIVE PERSON
Christ died an all-inclusive death because He