How God Deals With Evil Without Destroying Humanity

God is on a mission to remove evil from His good world, along with all of its corrosive effects. However, He wants to do it in a way that does not involve removing humans. In this video on sacrifice and atonement, we trace the theme of God’s “covering” over human evil through animal sacrifices that ultimately point to Jesus and his death and resurrection.

#Sacrifice #Atonement #BibleProject

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[erikaealvarenga.photography]

"If God were to remove evil, He'd have to remove all of us"

That's crazy and so profound and true

[liamswain]

I like how you explain things. Though I have been an atheist for most of my life, purely because of my own view on Christianity was that it was primal. However you have changed my mind, and I will take more consideration when it comes to Christianity.

[LC-fqcv]

Crying right now. Don't know why I'm so emotional right now. I just finished reading my bible, I'm currently on the old testament at the part when people used to sacrifice animals as atonement for sins. And I just appreciate it so much, realizing what God and Jesus Christ has really done for us, making atonement for our sins completely so that we don't have to make these sacrifices anymore for ourselves. I'm out of words. I'm crying out of gratefulness and overwhelmed with the Love that the LORD had shown us at the cross.

[IDareToBeAlexandria]

How y’all clearly explained atonement from the OT to today in less then 7 minutes is beyond me! God bless the entire team 🙏🏾

[snofgods]

you guys restored my faith back in Jesus,

[GhostMonkey]

I started drinking when I was 16. I would drink at parties, but I also started drinking alone because I was unhappy, and I was in a lot of emotional pain all the time. My mom was very aggressive when I was younger, and my brother hated her and so did I. He started hanging out with shady people, he started failing all his classes, he was never home, and my parents fought all the time. I also ran away several times. I was always trying to figure out a reason as to why I was here or what the purpose of life was. So, I started looking at different philosophies, religions, and beliefs. When I was 18 after I was hungover, I got on my knees and I prayed for the first time. I asked if God was real that he would show me he was real because I couldn’t take it anymore. I was crying when I prayed for this. At that moment I felt a presence come over me like a wind. It was barely noticeable, but it was unlike anything in my life I had experienced up until that point. I was surprised when I felt it and I remember saying “what was that?” after that experience I pretty much forgot what happened and kept partying, until my senior year when I got arrested. After my arrest, my parents lost all their trust in me and I was expelled from high school. I was told never to come back. At that time, I felt afraid and hopeless. That’s when I started looking for God, and I prayed that he would reveal himself in my life and that he would give me signs. My prayers began getting answered so consistently that I couldn’t deny that God was doing something. It was mysterious and compelling. I ended up in Church and started reading the bible hours a day. I stopped hanging out with all my other friends because they were continually getting arrested. I was able to forgive my family and myself and to ask to be forgiven. I noticed how at Church people were judgmental and how they formed cliques but were afraid to be around anyone else different from them. It increased my faith because I realized Jesus was not like that and ever since I was young, I saw people as people regardless of who they were. After a while, it’s like I could see God's presence was in my life and then it felt like he wasn’t, and then he was, and then he wasn’t. One day I woke up and felt more depressed than I ever have in my entire life. I felt like I was dying on the inside. That night I prayed, and I said, God, I don’t see my life five years from now I'm going to die Jesus save me Lord, please save me. I was weeping when I said it and when I asked him to save me, I felt a presence inside of me like a heartbeat, and I felt it once like a pulse, and I said Lord please save me and I felt it again even stronger. It was like radiance. When I woke up the next morning, I had transformed everything felt brand new like I was a kid again. All my fears and all my racing thoughts everything was gone. I looked at my hands, and I said this can’t be real it’s impossible. When I looked at myself in the mirror, I saw a different person. I started praying, and the holy spirit became entirely real to me it was washing over me and inside of me. It was total love and peace, and I heard a voice but not an audible one, it was an inner voice. It said I am with you; I love you, I will never leave you, it’s done it’s finished. That was May 3rd, 2009, and ever since then I’ve followed God, I have seen many things change and many things I know wouldn’t have changed without faith and belief. I know what it’s like to be lost to feel you have no hope. Don’t ever think you’re stuck, or life can’t change because it can. My mom is a Christian now, Its night and day. Some of the things that went away during that period were severe anxiety and my addiction to alcohol. I’ve seen and experienced so many things that are miraculous and seen how God has worked in my life. When we ask God to forgive us for what we’ve done and turn away from our sins and wrongdoings and we believe in Christ's sacrifice everything changes. His word says if we confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that he died and rose again we will have eternal life but not just life after death but abundant life in the present. Our sins are erased not only past, present, and future but our burdens and fears are lifted also. Our thoughts, our minds, our hearts, our souls are transformed and united with God and we know his spirit lives in us. If you seek, pray, and knock you will know JESUS IS KING!!! HE LIVES!

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[maddiedecker]

3:15 after hearing the explanation of why Christ had to die saved me 2 years ago. Thank you Bible Project!!

[godzilla]

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[TheCwilliams]

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[ando_]

Thank you very much. I have been struggling with the question "Why did Jesus have to die for me?" for a while now. You've mapped it out perfectly and didn't use any filler. Thank you so much. You've helped me and calmed my mind.

[CHIMKEL_]

Knowing that "the very power that brought Jesus Christ back from the dead is the same power that can deal with the evil in our own lives and transform us to people who live lives of love and peace" gives me so much comfort 💖💖💖

[jujihyun]

늘 수고 많으십니다. 주님께서 제작사와 주의 일에 참여하는 모든 이들과 함께 하셔서 당신들의 믿음, 소망, 사랑이 변치않기를 기도합니다. 대한민국이 어서 자유민주주의로 주의 인도하시고 주관하심 가운데 통일되어 북녘땅 우리 형제자매들도 자유롭고 평안하게 이 동영상을 접할 수 있기를 기도합니다.

[joshuas]

I've been rigorously studying soteriology, baptism, and the Lord's supper for the last 6 years or so and every year or two I come back and watch this video again. Every time I do I'm blown away at how deep and dense everything in this video is. They're powerfully and simply conveying five or six years of my study in a matter of minutes.

[PhazonOmega]

I was looking for a strong summary of the Old Testament sacrificial system. Thank you for providing an answer to that search!

[cognocere]

Thank you for the cross, Lord
Thank you for the price You paid
Bearing all my sin and shame
In love You came
And gave amazing grace
Thank you for this love, Lord
Thank you for the nail pierced hands
Washed me in Your cleansing flow
Now all I know
Your forgiveness and embrace
Worthy is the Lamb
Seated on the throne
Crown You now with many crowns
You reign victorious
High and lifted up
Jesus Son of God
The Darling of Heaven crucified
Worthy is the Lamb
Worthy is the Lamb

-HillSong

[jayboss]

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