My Book of Faith: 12 The Purpose, Life and Death of Jesus Christ

God's Introduction
Forword
SECTION I: Background
1. Meet The Author
2. How God Communicated with Me
SECTION II: The Story of Creation
1. The Origin and Nature of God
2. In The Beginning
  - The Creation of the World
  - The Life God Created
3. Life in Heaven
SECTION III: Our Separation from God
SECTION IV: Understanding Salvation
1. The Purpose, Life and Death of Jesus Christ
2. The Mystery that is Mary, Mother of God
  - Queen of Heaven and the Universe
3. The Path of Salvation
4. The Road Less Travelled
5. The Promises of Salvation
SECTION V: Building Your Relationship With God

Section 4 Understanding Salvation - 12 The Purpose, Life And Death Of Jesus Christ

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Question: Why did You promise them a redeemer?

God’s answer:

They are my children.

At this point, God led me to the pidyon haben, “Redemption of the firstborn so”’, a ceremony in Judaism wherein the father of a firstborn male redeems his son by giving a priest (kohen) five silver coins.³

“This practice came about because originally, the firstborn son was to be the priest (kohen) of the Jewish family. After the Exodus from Egypt, the Israelites committed the Sin of the Golden Calf, except for the tribe of Levi. As a result, the firstborn sons of the non-Levites were disqualified.

The LORD decreed that the Levites were to take the place of the firstborn sons of Israel, and required that all firstborn sons (who were not themselves Levites or Kohens) must be redeemed from service to God by means of paying five shekels of silver to the Levites.”⁴

Likewise, Adam and Eve are the first created children of God, both consecrated to Him. Just as he commanded the Israelites to redeem their first born son, so must He.

³ Chabad.org, 'Pidyon Haben - Redeeming The Firstborn Son' (2015) <http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/652310/jewish/Pidyon-Haben.htm> accessed 25 August 2015.
⁴ Hebrew4christians.com, 'Pidyon Haben' (2015) <http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Life_Cycle/Pidyon_Haben/pidyon_haben.html> accessed 25 August 2015.

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The coin of our redemption

You are worthy of Me.

If the price of redemption for the Israelites was set at five silver coins, the price of our redemption is Him, Jesus Christ.

The story behind this sculpture: My nephew had a vision of people walking around with some round object. Others used it to enter Heaven; others were just staring at it not knowing what it was or how to use it. Everyone had it.

So, I asked God: "What is this round object that You showed to my nephew? This is what He gave me. Then I asked: What should we do with this?’ He said: You eat it. It is the Holy Eucharist.

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