The Unparishable

The Redemptive Plan from Old to New

 

My redemptive plan started before the world began.

God had a plan that He would expand.

The story is woven from beginning to end

About a shedding of blood that God would send.

It’s a story of death, renewal, and reconciliation

From Genesis to Revelation.

God’s redemptive plan is a connection between blood and sin;

Of how slavery can end and freedom ring in.

The plan began when God first covered Adam and Eve with an animal skin;

It was to hide their sin.

Later, the Israelites used doves and lambs for sacrifices to absolve their wicked ways,

But these were only temporary, perishable things during their days.

From the Old Testament to the New, the perishable was used until God send His Son

For His redemptive plan to be finally done!

The narrative shifted

When God’s own Son was gifted.

There was no longer to be a temporary, perishable sacrifice;

One not done twice or thrice,

But only once-and-done by God’s only Son.

And, it was for all and anyone!

When Jesus hung His head, and His broken body was diminished,

He cried out, “It is finished!”

Jesus exchanged His unblemished, spotless perfection for my sin

To give me heaven’s permanent win.

He gave me a once-and-done blood provision-

His Father’s foreknown redemptive vision.

As One, 

Father and Son,

They completed the redemptive plan for man.

Jesus obeyed His Father’s will 

And He lives still!

For this reason, I, too, live still, to count the days

Until, upon heaven’s gate, I gaze.

 

Mary Crisp Jameson 3/6/2025

 

“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world…” 1 Peter 1:18-20a 

 

Die to Live

Genesis gives us a bit of genealogy from the first man, Adam, on down to the days of Noah. These men, just as I am, were created in the image of God. "Male and female, He created them" and they lived a very, very long time, but in the end they all died, except Enoch, who God took. 

     I know that one day I, too, will die but long before I reach the ripe old age of these men. However, between when these men lived and I was born, God sent Jesus. He gave me the Holy Spirit to guide me in a different way than when God walked and talked with these first men. 

     Jesus gave me a special way to see death. One day I know that I will die, but I have been given a promise that will not be broken. This promise is that I will rise to live forever in a place Jesus has gone before and prepared for me. How do I know this? God said, "If you believe in the Son, you shall not perish but have everlasting life." Then Jesus said, "I go and prepare a place a place for you and will come again to receive you." What a profound hope and joy this gives me!

Genesis 5

 “And all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.

And all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died. 

And all the days of Enos were 905 years, and he died.

And all the days of Cainan were 910 years, and he died. 

And all the days of Mahalaleel were 895 years, and he died. 

And all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died. 

And all the days Enoch were 365 years; 

     Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him.

And all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died. 

And all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.”