This morning (October 27 - when I am writing this) I stood on the ancient steps of the Temple and thought about the sacrifices that went on there day after day after day. According to Hebrews 10, those sacrifices revealed the fundamental flaw in the system - they could remind people of their sin and their need for salvation but could not provide a permanent solution for them.
God sent Jesus as that permanent, "once for all" solution to our sin problem. 1 Timothy 2:5-6 says,
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.We have a mediator, One who gave himself for us and for our sins, to make peace with God and to make us fit to dwell inGod's presence forever. There was no flaw in this sacrifice. One sacrifice paid the entire price for all the sins of all those who believe in Christ. Once and for all the way was opened for us.
Tomorrow, we will begin our last day here in Israel at the Garden Tomb, a possible site for Calvary itself and a tomb like Jesus would have been laid in for three nights. It will remind me that the price has been paid and IT IS FINISHED.
Thank you Lord for sending your Son as my mediator, who paid my ransom that I might live.
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