The time of the Israelites already passed. A new dispensation came, hence, the Christian Era. But before the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heave, He left His teachings with the apostles, who in turn taught men, thus:
"Being justified freely by the grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed." (Rom. 3:24-25, Ibid)
One can glean from the verses cited that man needs to have faith in Christ and in His blood. Why? How precious is the blood of Christ? Writing to the Christians at Ephesus, Apostle Paul declared, thus:
"That at that time you were without Christ, being alive from the commnonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of division between us, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity." (Eph. 2:12-16, Ibid)
We ought to be reminded that because of sin, man has been alienated from God, hence the need for reconciliation. Otherwise, man will remain a stranger before the sight of God. Christ's blood effected man's reconciliation with God. And thhis was made possible with creations of the one new man made up of one body which is the Church (Col. 1:18, Ibid), whose head is Christ. The sinner then needs to be put right with God through the Church which is Christ's body.
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