SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 04-23-04
My
Worship Time Focus: There was blood in the Old Covenant
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Hebrews 9:18-20
Message of the verse: “Therefore even the first covenant was not
inaugurated without blood. For when
every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the
Law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool
and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying,
‘THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH GOD COMMANDED YOU.’” (NASB)
“That is why blood is required under the first covenant as a proof of
death. For after Moses had given the
people all of God’s laws, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with the
water, and sprinkled both the book of God’s laws and all the people, using
branches of hyssop bushes and scarlet wool.
Then he said, ‘This blood confirms the covenant God has made with you.’”
If you
look at all the covenants that are in the Bible you will see that blood is used
in all of them, including the covenant of marriage. In the book of Exodus, the 24th
chapter and verses 1-8 some of the things in these verses from Hebrews are told
about. However as John MacArthur says
from his study Bible, “not all of the items listed in these verses are
mentioned in the OT, and thus the writer of the Hebrews either got his
information directly from the Lord or there was tradition that was written down
and he got if from there.” Either way it
would seem to me that because the Holy Spirit is the One who gives direction to
the writers of the Scriptures these things had to come from God. I believe the important message from these
verses is that all covenants have blood involved in them and that the blood of
the old covenant was surely a picture of the blood of Jesus Christ that takes
away sin. Matthew 26:28 reads as
follows, “for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many
for forgiveness of sins.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: It goes without saying that blood is
important in the eyes of God. It also
goes without saying that blood is the life substance of all beings, and
therefore when the Bible talks about the blood of Jesus Christ, I believe it is
talking about the life of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ gave up that life in order for me
to have eternal life, He gave up heaven to come to earth so that one day I will
escape this sinful earth to go to His heaven and that is a truth that is well
worth my time to ponder for all of eternity.
The Word of God was indeed refreshing to my soul today as I
read and studied it.
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