Quem é o Salvador segundo a Bíblia e sua obra

Quem é o Salvador segundo a Bíblia

Na Bíblia, o Salvador é Jesus Cristo, que resgata a humanidade da condenação do pecado e restaura o relacionamento com Deus. Essa salvação não decorre de esforço moral ou mérito humano, mas da iniciativa do próprio Deus revelada nas Escrituras.

No Antigo Testamento, o Senhor afirma que não há outro libertador espiritual para o seu povo:

4 Yet I [am] the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) youi God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] from the land of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], and youi shall know no god but me: for [there is] no saviour beside me.(Hosea 13:4)

O cumprimento dessa promessa acontece na encarnação. Ao anunciar o nascimento de Jesus aos pastores nos campos de Belém, o anjo confirma que o libertador esperado havia chegado:

11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David [Beloved] a Saviour, which is Moshiach [Messiah] the Lord - Kurios.(Luke 2:11)

Para realizar esse resgate, Cristo não se apegou aos privilégios de sua divindade, mas assumiu a fragilidade humana e obedeceu até a morte:

6 Who, being in the form of God-The Father, thought it not robbery to be equal with God-The Father:

7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a slave, and was made in the likeness of men:

8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the stake (cross).(Philippians 2:6-8)

Como a morte de Cristo realiza o resgate

A salvação bíblica responde a uma necessidade universal: a humanidade está afastada de Deus pelo pecado e incapaz de pagar a própria dívida espiritual:

23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God-The Father;

24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Moshiach [Messiah] Yeshua [God is Salvation]:(Romans 3:23,24)

A libertação desse estado de escravidão exigiu um resgate que prata e ouro não podiam custear:

18 Forasmuch as you2f know that you2f were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain Conversation (behavior; way of life; community) [received] by tradition from your fathers;

19 But with the precious blood of Moshiach [Messiah], as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:(1 Peter 1:18,19)

7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;(Ephesians 1:7)

Na cruz, a morte de Jesus atuou como propiciação — o sacrifício que reconcilia o pecador com Deus, transformando antigos inimigos em herdeiros da reconciliação:

2 And he is the Propitiation (sacrifice to pay for sins against God, to satisfy His righteous anger) for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.(1 John 2:2)

10 Herein is love, not that we loved God-The Father, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the Propitiation (sacrifice to pay for sins against God, to satisfy His righteous anger) for our sins.(1 John 4:10)

10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God-The Father by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.(Romans 5:10)

Essa redenção atinge a vida concreta de quem crê, fundamentando a fé no amor prático demonstrado na cruz:

20 I am crucified with Moshiach [Messiah]: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Moshiach [Messiah] lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God-The Father, who loved me, and gave himself for me.(Galatians 2:20)

A ressurreição e a salvação eterna

O plano da salvação não terminou no sepulcro. A vitória de Cristo sobre a morte é o selo de que o sacrifício foi aceito pelo Pai:

5 The angel answered and said to the women: "Do not be afraid; for I know that you seek Yeshua [God is Salvation] who was crucified".

6 "He is not here, for He is already alive, as He said. Come, therefore, and see the place where the Adon [Lord - Kurios of the earth] arose".(Gosel 28:5,6)

22 Having therefore obtained help of God-The Father, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] did say should come:

23 That Moshiach [Messiah] should suffer (allow, to let, permit), [and] that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people, and to the Goyim [Gentiles].(Acts 26:22,23)

Essa certeza da intervenção definitiva de Deus já havia sido antecipada por Jó em meio à sua aflição:

25 For I know [that] my redeemer lives, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:(Job 19:25)

Ressurreto e exaltado, Jesus é o mediador definitivo entre Deus e os seres humanos, atuando continuamente em favor daqueles que se achegam a Ele:

9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;(Hebrews 5:9)

25 For what reason he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God-The Father by him, seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them.(Hebrews 7:25)

15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament (a covenant, ratified in death), that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions [that were] under the first testament (a covenant, ratified in death), they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.(Hebrews 9:15)

2 Looking unto Yeshua [God is Salvation] the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the stake (cross), despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God-The Father.(Hebrews 12:2)