When God Stepped Into Time!

Salvation in scripture is not a motivational speech, and it is not a legal technicality; salvation is Yahuah Himself stepping in to undo what sin did, because the offense was ultimately against Him and the debt could not be paid by a finite creature.

Psalm 49:7–8 says,

“None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)”

A human cannot redeem another human before God; the price is too high. If no mere man can redeem his brother, then a created being, however exalted, cannot carry the infinite weight of sin against the Holy One.

Isaiah 43:11 says,

“I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.”

Yahuah does not delegate ultimate salvation to another god or to a creature; He claims that role for Himself. If Yahusha saves in the full and final sense, then either Isaiah is wrong, or Yahuah has come near in Him.

Now consider the kinsman redeemer principle. Leviticus 25 shows that a near relative may redeem land or freedom for a brother. Hebrews 2:14–17 says Yahusha partook of flesh and blood and was made like His brethren so that He could help them. He had to be truly human to stand in our place; without humanity there is no representation.

But representation alone is not enough. The Passover lamb had to be without blemish. Exodus 12:5 says,

“Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year.”

First Peter 1:18–19 applies that directly:

“ye were not redeemed with corruptible things…

But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”

Every human descended from Adam carries sin; Romans 3:23 says,

“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”

If Yahusha were only a man born under Adam’s headship, He would require redemption Himself; a stained lamb cannot cleanse others. Hebrews 7:26 describes Him as,

“holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners.”

Only one who stands outside the chain of inherited corruption can be the unblemished sacrifice.

Now bring both strands together. He must be human to represent us, yet He must be without sin to qualify as the spotless offering; beyond that, the value of His life must be sufficient to cover multitudes from every generation. A finite life cannot bear infinite offense unless that life possesses infinite worth.

John 1:1 says,

“In the beginning was the Word… and the Word was God.”

John 1:14 says,

“And the Word was made flesh.”

That is not decorative theology; it answers the redemption problem. The eternal Word takes on flesh so that the One offended by sin steps into the place of the offender.

Second Corinthians 5:19 says,

“God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself.”

Not a third party negotiating; Yahuah Himself acting in Messiah.

Isaiah 53:6 says,

“the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”

Only Yahuah has the authority to forgive sins. In Mark 2:7 the scribes say,

“Who can forgive sins but God only?”

They state a true premise. Yahusha then forgives and proves His authority. If He is not divine, that scene becomes blasphemy rather than salvation.

Finally, Hebrews 9:14 says,

“how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God…”

The offering is “without spot,” and it is bound up with the eternal Spirit. Eternal value meets temporal guilt.

If salvation requires a kinsman, He must be man.

If salvation requires a spotless lamb, He must be sinless.

If salvation requires a ransom no creature can pay, He must possess divine worth.

If scripture says Yahuah alone is Savior, then in saving, Yahuah has come near.

There is no possible salvation if God remains distant and sends only a creature; either the sacrifice lacks purity, or it lacks infinite value, or it contradicts Yahuah’s claim that He alone saves. The incarnation resolves the tension: the Creator enters creation, the Holy One becomes our kinsman, and the unblemished Lamb is none other than the Lord who laid down His own life for His people.