'For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority; and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.'When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having FORGIVEN US ALL OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, HAVING CANCELED OUT THE CERTIFICATE OF DEBT CONSISTING OF DECREES AGAINST US, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.'When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.' [Colossians 2:9-15]'But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. [Ephesians 2:4-7]
Jesus did this at a specific point in linear time—backward, for all who had their sins covered by types and shadows, like animal sacrifices and scarlet cords—and forward, for us who have received His redemptive work after Calvary.
In the Spirit, we know that He was offered up for us before the foundation of the world.
It is so comforting to me to know that my sin and any decrees against me were canceled out before I was even born! That means ALL of them...even the ones I haven't done yet...because they were ALL canceled before I existed in the earth!
And that I was already made alive together with Him and raised up with Him, and seated with Him in heavenly places in Christ Jesus! I'm ALREADY THERE!
Hallelujah! It's a done deal...
