Redeemed from the curse of the Law !
Gal 3:13
13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
When were the elect of God redeemed from the curse of the Law ? It certainly will not be denied that its because of the cross work of Christ for His People that they do not come under the curse of the Law and damnation, simply because He was made curse for them, on their behalf and in their stead.
Now that we know why the elect are not cursed cursed by the Law, when were they redeemed from it's curse ? Lets look at
Matt 25:34
34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand,
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Yes, from the foundation of the world. You see they were already blessed, eternally blessed with the blessings of the cross, redemption from the curse of the law before they became actual law breakers in adam and in themselves [
Eph 1:3-4] and the merits of His death for His Chosen People was likewise in effect before one word of creation was spoken into existence. This is why we have scriptures like
1 Pet 1:20 and
Rev 13:8.
In God's Eternal Purpose, Christ had already been slain for the sins of the elect hence
Rev 13:8
8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of
the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
The word slain here in the greek is in the perfect tense, a perfect passive participle= Having been slain from the foundation of the world ! Now, it's His having been slain that redeemed them from the curse of the Law
Gal 3:13.
Now lets look at
Matt 25:34 more closely. Jesus saying to those on His right hand, intimating His Sheep whom He gave His life for per
Jn 10:11,
15 He calls them blessed of His Father. The word blessed it is also a perfect passive participle in the greek= Having been blessed, when ? I believe it tells us in the verse, from the foundation of the world ! The same exact phrase found in
Rev 13:8.
Jesus states that there had been a
Kingdom Prepared for them from the foundation of the world, so thats how long they have been blessed. Now where not all those eternally blessed for whom God had prepared an eternal kingdom for ? I would say so.
The word prepared is the greek word hetoimazo and means:
to make ready, prepare
to make the necessary preparations, get everything ready
metaph.
drawn from the oriental custom of sending on before kings on their journeys persons to level the roads and make them passable
to prepare the minds of men to give the Messiah a fit reception and secure his blessings
Also the word prepared is in the greek
a perfect passive participle, Just as the word blessed and the word slain from
Rev 13:8
This Kingdom was specifically prepared from the foundation for a specific blessed People, the Sheep on Christ right hand.
The word prepared is also used of Christ here
Matt 20:23
23And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give,
but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
This certainly lets us know that God already has personally selected individuals for positions in His coming eternal Kingdom.
You see, it did matter whether or not if these Individuals had been born yet sinners or not, they already had a blessed position in Heavenly Glory Prepared for them of the Father, so they are blessed already from the curse of the law, by the slain blood of the Lamb.
The word prepared in
Matt 20:23, it also is a perfect passive indicative in the greek.
So when were these redeemed from the curse of the Law ? It was from the foundation, Just as its so for those Sheep on Christ right hand in
Matt 25:34
34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand
, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
