The Bridge

"There is one God and One Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.
(I Timothy 2:5)

I am sure you have not done a lot of meditating on how convenient and useful bridges are, but actually they are most wonderful. Just think of their wonder - 1)they come in all sizes and configurations; 2)they are made from many different materials and
3)are all over the world in remote and accessible places; 4)they traverse small, shallow ditches and deep, expansive chasms. The first bridge was built by primitive man consisting of materials lying easily at hand - a fallen tree that was dragged into position; forest tendrils which were woven together for a suspension bridge; rafts tied together as a pontoon to bridge the gap and in 1779 the first iron bridge was constructed. But they all had (and have) one purpose - to make quick access from one inaccessible place to another. Nothing else quite meets the utilitarian purpose of a bridge - to cross a chasm quickly and easily. We have thought about how wonderful bridges are now let us look and meditate on the most wonderful Bridge.

Since Adam fell to temptation and sinned against the Holy God, this fall made a great chasm which separated sinful man from a holy God. That was the 'great separation' for all mankind from Jehovah. The great omniscient God, YHWH (Jehovah), had seen back in the ions that this separation would happen and planned for the remedy so that man and God could be reunited for love and fellowship and so man would not have to spend eternity separated from Jehovah. God knew there would have to be a bridge to traverse this great and impossible expansive chasm from sinful man to God's holiness. So "before the foundation of the world" God had planned for this magnanimous traverse (Matt.25:34; Eph.1:4; I Pet.1:20-23). This Bridge is the Man Christ Jesus. Because Jesus paid the price with His shed blood, that satisfied the Holy Father as the necessary blood sacrifice for sinful man. Because of that act of redemption, Jesus became not only our Savior from sin, but our Mediator, Advocate and our Bridge to the Father, when we accept that payment and believe (Heb.7:25).

Jesus Christ is the only Bridge to the Father (Jn.14:6). Besides Christianity, all other religions claim their teachings are the way to God - child sacrifice, not eating certain foods, self mutilation, a pilgramage to a shrine, muliplied prayers, etc. All others are WRONG! They do not have a living savior; they do not have a certainty of heaven; they must do enough good things and be good enough to have a hope for heaven. All these things are futile. There is only one Way, one Door, one Bridge to God - the Man Christ Jesus! The Father God invites us to "Come"(Matt.11:28; 22:4; Jn.6:35;7:37;Rev.22:17). Jesus Christ is the only believable "Door."

"One Door and only one and yet its sides are two. I'm on the inside, on which side are you?"