OT Sacrifice Verses Christ's Sacrifice (Heb. 10:11-12)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 05-06-03

 

My Worship Time                  Focus:  OT sacrifice verses Christ’s sacrifice

 

Bible Reading & Meditation             Reference:  Hebrews 10:11-12

 

            Message of the verse:  “11 And every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; 12 but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD.”  (NASB)  “And every priest stand ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sis.  But this Man, after He had offered on sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.”  (NLT)

            These verses compare the work and sacrifice of the OT high priest with the sacrifice and finished work of Jesus Christ our Great High Priest.  The OT priest stood to minister, while after Christ work was done He sat down at the highly exalted seat on the right hand of God, the OT priests offered thousands upon thousands of sacrifices, while Christ offered Himself once for all, the OT priest sacrifices could only cover sin, while Christ’s sacrifice took away sin forever. 

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  When I read verses like these I think of a song that is in our hymnbook called “What a Wonderful Savior!”  The refrain goes like this, “What a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Jesus!  What a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Lord!”

 

The Word of God was very refreshing to me as I read and studied it this morning.