Mark 15
Since the beginning of our reading we have been learning the main message of the Bible is God's redemption plan for humanity. Signs and symbols were used through out the Bible which pointed to the coming of a Messiah who would carry out God's perfect plan for redemption. When Jesus started His ministry, John the Baptist said in John 1:29 "Look the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world". So it comes as no surprise that on Passover as the sacrificial lamb was being sacrificed, Jesus Christ was being crucified. If we take a moment to reflect on our Old Testament reading we see that the law required almost everything to be cleansed with blood because without the blood there was no forgiveness. We also learned in our reading that only the High Priest was allowed to go behind the Holy of Holies once a year and meet with God. Now if we turn to Hebrews 9 we learn that when Jesus was crucified he entered the Most Holy Place by offering Himself to God as the only acceptable, unblemished sacrifice. In Matthew 26:61 Jesus said He would destroy the temple of God and rebuild it three days. When Jesus took His last breadth the veil that only the High Priest was able to go behind on Yom Kippur was torn from top to bottom - a symbol that we now have direct access to God The Father because of Jesus - the perfect, unblemished, Lamb of God. As Brother Lawrence tells us in his second conversation of Practicing the Presence only the blood of Jesus Christ can cleanse us of sin. For this reason we should strive to love Him with all our hearts.
Heavenly Father I pray that as we journey together as a church to hear Your voice we open our hearts and our minds to the knowledge of the love behind the sacrifice that our Lord Jesus Christ who made it possible for us to come boldly before Your Throne of Grace.
Since the beginning of our reading we have been learning the main message of the Bible is God's redemption plan for humanity. Signs and symbols were used through out the Bible which pointed to the coming of a Messiah who would carry out God's perfect plan for redemption. When Jesus started His ministry, John the Baptist said in John 1:29 "Look the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world". So it comes as no surprise that on Passover as the sacrificial lamb was being sacrificed, Jesus Christ was being crucified. If we take a moment to reflect on our Old Testament reading we see that the law required almost everything to be cleansed with blood because without the blood there was no forgiveness. We also learned in our reading that only the High Priest was allowed to go behind the Holy of Holies once a year and meet with God. Now if we turn to Hebrews 9 we learn that when Jesus was crucified he entered the Most Holy Place by offering Himself to God as the only acceptable, unblemished sacrifice. In Matthew 26:61 Jesus said He would destroy the temple of God and rebuild it three days. When Jesus took His last breadth the veil that only the High Priest was able to go behind on Yom Kippur was torn from top to bottom - a symbol that we now have direct access to God The Father because of Jesus - the perfect, unblemished, Lamb of God. As Brother Lawrence tells us in his second conversation of Practicing the Presence only the blood of Jesus Christ can cleanse us of sin. For this reason we should strive to love Him with all our hearts.
Heavenly Father I pray that as we journey together as a church to hear Your voice we open our hearts and our minds to the knowledge of the love behind the sacrifice that our Lord Jesus Christ who made it possible for us to come boldly before Your Throne of Grace.
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