The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Hebrews 9:22,
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"In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness."
Were I to spill some of my award-winning puttanesca (the award it won was one I bestowed on it myself) on the floor and Lois caught me cleaning it up with blood, I'd have some 'splaining (as Ricky Ricardo would say…) to do. Blood is not the best cleaning agent when addressing a spill. So, why exactly is it that nearly everything needs to be cleansed with blood as the writer of Hebrews tells us?
Our world, each one of us, is stained with sin and the guilt of it. In Romans 3:23 we read that all have sinned. We all come into this life with a sin nature, a proclivity to sin that we have inherited from our progenitors, Adam and Eve. When they were placed in the Garden of Eden they were given fair warning: if they sinned it would bring death.
Since sin and its consequence, death, came to us through Adam, our loving heavenly Father reached out to us in his boundless kindness and mercy by providing the death of his Son on our behalf so that we might not have to experience that terrible and tragic consequence of eternal death. The writer of Hebrews tells us a few verses later, 9:28, "… so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people…" Only one who had lived a sinless life would have the "currency" to make payment for others. Jesus paid for our sins by the sacrifice of himself! Only through the application of his blood can the stain of sin be removed from any of us! And his sacrifice is so far reaching it is all that is needed for all of us to be cleansed thoroughly, completely!
This theme is seen in Revelation 7:15 where we read, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." Here is the ultimate theme of personal worship for me! God's full love, kindness and mercy are on full display in the sacrifice of his Son, Jesus Christ for me, for all of us! Is there any other need we have to find ourselves in awe, fascination, love and adoration of our God? How can I not express that love and adoration to this wonderful God of ours?
Were I to spill some of my award-winning puttanesca (the award it won was one I bestowed on it myself) on the floor and Lois caught me cleaning it up with blood, I'd have some 'splaining (as Ricky Ricardo would say…) to do. Blood is not the best cleaning agent when addressing a spill. So, why exactly is it that nearly everything needs to be cleansed with blood as the writer of Hebrews tells us?
Our world, each one of us, is stained with sin and the guilt of it. In Romans 3:23 we read that all have sinned. We all come into this life with a sin nature, a proclivity to sin that we have inherited from our progenitors, Adam and Eve. When they were placed in the Garden of Eden they were given fair warning: if they sinned it would bring death.
Since sin and its consequence, death, came to us through Adam, our loving heavenly Father reached out to us in his boundless kindness and mercy by providing the death of his Son on our behalf so that we might not have to experience that terrible and tragic consequence of eternal death. The writer of Hebrews tells us a few verses later, 9:28, "… so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people…" Only one who had lived a sinless life would have the "currency" to make payment for others. Jesus paid for our sins by the sacrifice of himself! Only through the application of his blood can the stain of sin be removed from any of us! And his sacrifice is so far reaching it is all that is needed for all of us to be cleansed thoroughly, completely!
This theme is seen in Revelation 7:15 where we read, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." Here is the ultimate theme of personal worship for me! God's full love, kindness and mercy are on full display in the sacrifice of his Son, Jesus Christ for me, for all of us! Is there any other need we have to find ourselves in awe, fascination, love and adoration of our God? How can I not express that love and adoration to this wonderful God of ours?
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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