For on this day shall atonement be made for you to cleanse you. You shall be clean before the Lord from all your sins. Leviticus 16:30 – The laws given within this chapter would have been laws that were held in great esteem by the Israelites for they were the laws describing the Day of Atonement. This was one day out of the year where all the temple business was silenced and only one man, the high priest, was active at work. He alone, only on this one day out of the year, went past the veil into the Most Holy Place to make atonement for himself and the people. As a result of the sacrifices and work done within this chapter, at the end of it all the priest, the people, the tent, and the altar were all now clean before the Lord. Yet, what if after all that the high priest as he was coming out of the tent said something wrong, or had a lustful thought, or committed any sin no matter how minor it may have seemed. He would have no longer been clean before the Lord. After all that day’s work of sacrificing and offering he would have been right back to where he was before, all because of that one sin. There we see the breakdown of the whole Jewish sacrificial system, it can never make one forever clean before the Lord. It’s like taking a shower and stepping immediately out into mud pit. This is why we as Christians ought to be overjoyed when thinking about the sacrifice Jesus made for us. The Day of Atonement for us was the day on which Jesus died on Calvary. He alone, acting as our High Priest, did the work of our atonement before the Lord. What He did no other priest could do, He cleansed all our sins included the ones to be made in the future. How precious is the flow that makes us white as snow, and not just for today, but for all days. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3218
Question To Ponder: If we still had to sacrifice animals for our sin, how often would you have to be sacrificing?
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