Numbers 9:13
““But a man who is ritually clean and is not off on a trip and still fails to celebrate the Passover must be cut off from his people because he did not present GOD’s offering at the set time. That man will pay for his sin.”
“But those who neglect to celebrate the Passover at the regular time, even though they are clean and not away on a trip, will be cut off from the community of Israel. If they fail to present the LORD’s offering at the proper time, they will suffer the consequences of their guilt.”
If we are willing to see, many verses such as this contradict universalism. Sin is serious business to God. All of us will pay for our sin. Christ steps between us and God and absorbs God’s anger on our behalf. He is a shield surrounding, front, back, top, bottom and both sides. I am entirely protected from God’s wrath but also from Satan’s barbs. I only need to count myself in the center of this Christ bubble. Trouble comes from forgetting where I am and stepping outside. Then, as Peter, I flounder amidst the waves.
Thank you, Mighty Savior, for your awesome power surrounding and comforting me. Help me tell others of your faithful all-encompassing provision so they may live in peace with you too.