H𝐞b 1𝟎:𝟏 𝐊J𝐕 𝐅o𝐫 𝐭h𝐞 𝐥a𝐰 𝐡a𝐯i𝐧g a S𝐇A𝐃O𝐖 𝐨f g𝐨o𝐝 𝐭h𝐢n𝐠s t𝐨 𝐜o𝐦e, 𝐚n𝐝 𝐧o𝐭 𝐭h𝐞 𝐯e𝐫y i𝐦a𝐠e o𝐟 𝐭h𝐞 𝐭h𝐢n𝐠s, 𝐜a𝐧 𝐧e𝐯e𝐫 𝐰i𝐭h t𝐡o𝐬e s𝐚c𝐫i𝐟i𝐜e𝐬 𝐰h𝐢c𝐡 𝐭h𝐞y o𝐟f𝐞r𝐞d y𝐞a𝐫 𝐛y y𝐞a𝐫 𝐜o𝐧t𝐢n𝐮a𝐥l𝐲 𝐦a𝐤e t𝐡e c𝐨m𝐞r𝐬 𝐭h𝐞r𝐞u𝐧t𝐨 𝐩e𝐫f𝐞c𝐭.
Today’s Devotional…
Shadows are evidence to prove that a reality exists somewhere. Shadows in themselves are not real and cannot be handled.
The multiple burnt-offerings and sin-offerings the Israelites offered year after year could not satisfy God’s justice even though the law required them to be offered.
All of these sacrifices were simply shadows revealed by the light of God to continually remind those who practiced the law of their sin nature and their imperfection.
What the law prescribed as a means for justification of men was only a shadow, pointing to a reality that would permanently deal with the sin of all mankind.
The sacrificial death of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary some 2000 years ago was that reality the law pointed to.
Jesus’ blood was different from the blood of animals which was required to appease God only for a year, after which His anger would be kindled again. The blood of Jesus was enough to annihilate sin FOREVER.
Today, animal sacrifices for sin have ended, but the price Christ paid has been rejected. So, Christians continuously confess their sins hopelessly, while struggling to work out their salvation through the same law that was rejected as shadows. Ponder…
May the Holy Spirit open your eyes to see the reality in the finished works of Christ so that you can be liberated from the hopeless shadows of the law, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
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