Salvation, Part 2: Bridging the Gap

Jesus Became The Bridge To Salvation

In the first part of this series, we looked at Eden, the place where humanity remembered our divinity, and how sin created a veil that made us forget who we truly were. We saw how, before Jesus, communion with God required priests, sacrifices, and rituals. We had the spark of divinity, but it was veiled and dormant. We weren't awake to our true birthright, and because of that we saw ourselves separate from God. That's why Jesus came.

God in Flesh: The Bridge Between Heaven and Earth

Jesus is the only human to ever fully embody God in physical form. Unlike us—who are expressions of God but not God Himself—Jesus was the incarnation of divinity, God Himself come down to Earth to dwell amongst us. For this reason, Jesus was not conceived with the DNA of man, because He was not simply another human in Adam’s line. He was God taking on flesh, heaven stepping into earth.

John 1:14 says, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” Colossians 1:19 adds, “For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him.” This matters because no one else carried God’s wholeness within them. While we each reflect aspects of God’s nature, we are not God in entirety, and never will be. That's not our purpose and the belief that we COULD become gods and goddesses in the New Earth is a mirror of the same lie that the serpent spun in the Garden of Eden. Satan is trying to hijack the minds of those who spiritually awaken and enslave them to new age mystical ideas, playing on the last remaining bits of ego. So while we are expressions of God, we are not the fullness of God in this life or any other.

The Body of Christ: Extensions of Divinity

Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 12:27, “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.”

Picture God as the glowing top of a jellyfish, the Source. From Him extend countless flowing legs...that’s us, the body of Christ. We are part of Him, but we are not the whole. We are His hands and His feet on the earth (Romans 12:4–5). He moves through us when we act in His authority and use His power, but He remains the head, the center, the fullness.

The Example of Jesus’ Life

Jesus’ life was just as important as His death. Before the cross, He showed us what it looks like to live as a human fully aligned with God:

• He healed the sick (Matthew 8:16).

• He cast out demons (Mark 1:34).

• He spoke to the weather, and it obeyed (Mark 4:39).

• He multiplied food and resources (Matthew 14:19–21).

• He raised the dead: Jairus’ daughter (Mark 5:41–42), the widow’s son (Luke 7:14–15), and Lazarus (John 11:43–44).

• He walked on water (Matthew 14:25–29).

• He read hearts and thoughts: knowing what people were thinking or about to say (Luke 6:8; John 4:18–19).

• He forgave sins and released shame (Mark 2:5; John 8:10–11).

• He transfigured His body, radiating light on the mountaintop (Matthew 17:2).

• He taught with divine authority (Matthew 7:29), shifting people’s consciousness and breaking off false teachings.

• He lived in perfect compassion, touching lepers no one else would touch (Matthew 8:3), eating with sinners (Mark 2:15–17), and restoring the outcasts.

• He embodied radical generosity, washing His disciples’ feet (John 13:14–15) and serving rather than seeking to be served.

• He operated in perfect obedience and intimacy with the Father. “I only do what I see the Father doing” (John 5:19).

All of these miracles flowed from faith and the power of God dwelling within Him. They weren’t just proof of His identity, they were demonstrations of what’s possible when humanity walks in union with God. And He Himself promised, “Whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these” (John 14:12).

What About Before Jesus? Where Did People Go?

This is a question many wrestle with: if Jesus is the bridge, where did souls go before His resurrection?

Scripture describes the dead going to Sheol (or Hades), a shadowy underworld where the souls of both the righteous and unrighteous waited. It wasn’t the fiery hell we imagine, but it wasn’t heaven either. It was a holding place. Even King David wrote, “For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see decay” (Psalm 16:10).

• Before Jesus: Souls descended into Sheol after death. Some traditions believe righteous souls had a place of comfort (often called “Abraham’s Bosom” in Luke 16:22), while others languished in separation. But none had access to the direct presence of God.

• After Jesus: Ephesians 4:8–10 tells us that Jesus descended into “the lower parts of the earth” and “led captives in His train.” When He rose, He opened the way for souls to enter heaven (God’s dwelling place) freely.

This means the long lifespans of early humanity (600–900 years) reflect how close they still were to the original template of Eden. But mortality had begun, and eventually they too went to Sheol. The cycles of reincarnation, learning through duality by birth after birth, were also in play, because the way back to eternal union with God had not yet been made. When Jesus died and rose, He ended that loop. Souls no longer had to linger in Sheol or endlessly cycle. Instead, they could ascend into God’s presence and live eternal life with Him. This is why His resurrection was so significant, it was a physical demonstration of ascension in a human body, meaning humanity was no longer bound to the Earth but could ascend to be with God in a different realm (Heaven).

The Cross: Absorbing and Ending Sin

When Jesus went to the cross, He didn’t just suffer physically. He absorbed the full weight of sin, all low vibrational energy, all shame, all separation, and He cut Himself off from God to bear it. His cry, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46) was the sound of Him entering total disconnect so that we would never have to.

He descended into the underworld (Hades), paying the dues for humanity’s cycles of sin and reincarnation. And in doing so, He ended what we could never escape on our own. When He declared, “It is finished” (John 19:30), the veil of the temple was torn from top to bottom (Matthew 27:51). That tearing was more than symbolic: it was the physical removal of the barrier between God and man.

Resurrection and the Holy Spirit

Three days later, Jesus rose again. His resurrection is more than proof of life after death: it’s the ultimate symbol of restoration, wholeness, and the end of sin’s power.

And shortly after, something even more radical happened: the Holy Spirit descended at Pentecost (Acts 2:1–4). The Spirit of God was no longer confined to temples or prophets: it now dwelled within every believer. Through the Spirit, we regained what Adam and Eve lost:

• Authority over powers and principalities (Luke 10:19).

• Access to spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 12:7–11).

• Direct communion with God, no priest required (Hebrews 4:16).

• The ability to walk as Jesus walked (John 14:12).

The Holy Spirit raises our frequency to align with God’s, making us living temples of His presence. The temple is no longer on the outside, it is within.

Death Defeated

By conquering sin, Jesus also conquered death. “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” (1 Corinthians 15:55). Death now is primarily physical, because the soul, being a piece of God, cannot be claimed by the devil or destroyed. The eternal separation Adam and Eve ushered in was erased by Christ. Salvation, then, is remembering that we are expressions of God and living in communion with Him through the Spirit. Jesus’ death and resurrection didn’t just save us from sin; it returned us to what we had in Eden as sons and daughters of God...authority, intimacy with God, and eternal life.

In Summary

• Before Jesus, souls went to Sheol, a holding place apart from God’s presence.

• Reincarnation kept humanity trapped in cycles of duality, unable to ascend higher.

• Jesus’ death absorbed sin and ended separation. His descent into the underworld emptied Sheol of its captives. There is no one in "hell" anymore. It is empty, just like the tomb.

• His resurrection opened the way for eternal life. His Spirit within us restored our original inheritance.

Through Him, we no longer live as orphans, but as sons and daughters walking in the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead (Romans 8:11).

In Post 3, we’ll explore what this means for us today: how salvation is not only an eternal promise but a present reality, empowering us to live free, whole, and fully alive in God’s Spirit.