ALL OF ONE
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believer who realizes redemption is delivered from the bondage of the fear of death. We quote the passage from
Hebrews 2 again:
`Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same;
that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who
through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage' (Heb. 2:14,15).
The great goal of redemption as applied to the wide circle of creation is expressed in terms that run parallel with
the hope of Job:
`The creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of
into the glorious liberty of the
CORRUPTION
children of God ... the redemption of our body' (Rom. 8:21-23).
Christ Himself expresses this glorious truth in Revelation 1:17,18 :
`Fear not ... I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of
hell (Hades) and of death'.
REDEMPTION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
Here, in this typical story and significant aspect of redemption we have the basis upon which the apostle could
rest his statement:
`He that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified, are:
ALL OF ONE'
Lord Jesus, are we one with Thee?
O height, O depth of love!
In Thee we died upon the tree,
In Thee we live above.
Such was Thy grace, that for our sake
Thou did'st from heaven come down;
Of flesh and blood Thou did'st partake,
In all our misery one.
Ascended now, in glory bright,
Still one with us Thou art;
Nor life nor death, nor depth nor height
Thy saints and Thee can part.
Soon, soon shall come that glorious day
When, seated on Thy throne,
Thou shalt to wondering worlds display
That Thou with us art one.