Some may choose to ignore the Old Testament of the bible,
for many reasons, after all the New Testament is
so much easier to read and understand(for the most part).
But the Old Testament is very important to understand,
for through the Old Testament you truly come to understand
the establishment of the "New Covenant", you understand
the cost and the price that had to be paid.
Not only that, but you come to understand just what sin is
and how God expects us to live. For just because
Christ in blood paid the price for every sin we would
ever commit does not mean the law doesn't matter,
It was Paul who said in Romans:
"I would not have known what sin was except
through the law. For I would not have known what coveting
really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet."
Romans 7:7
In the Old Testament God gave Moses orders,
and he told Moses the people would have to
give "offerings" for the forgiveness of sins...
I.E sacrificing animals or giving grain offerings.
Anytime a person sinned they would have to not
only confess their sins but also give, more often
then not, a blood offering by sacrificing an animal
and the priests would sprinkle the blood on the altar.
God said he would then forgive the persons sin, and he did,
But the overwhelming truth is NOW through Jesus Christ
he paid the price to wash away our sins for GOOD!
If God forgave people who sinned by accepting the blood of an
animal, how much more are we sanctified by the
blood of CHRIST?!
"But only the high priest entered the inner room,
and that only once a year, and never without blood,
which he offered for himself and for the sins the people
had committed in ignorance.
The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the
way into the Most Holy Place had not yet
been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle
was still standing. This is an illustration for
the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices
being offered were not able to clear the conscience
of the worshipper. They are only a matter of food
and drink and various ceremonial washings-
external regulations applying until the time of
the new order.
When Christ came as high priest of the
good things that are already here, he went
through the greater and more perfect tabernacle
that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part
of this creation. He did not enter by means of
the blood of goats and calves; but he
entered the Most Holy Place once for all
by his own blood, having obtained eternal
redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and
the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who
are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so
that they are outwardly clean.
How much more then, will the blood of Christ,
who through eternal Spirit offered himself
unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts
that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God.
For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant,
that those who are called may receive the promised
eternal inheritance--now that he has died as a ransom
to set them free from the sins committed under the
first covenant."
Hebrews 9:7-15
I've said it before and I'll say it again,
the more we come to understand Gods love the
more we come to understand just how much we are not
deserving of it. We are all sinners, and we all fall down
but a price has already been paid for each and everyone
of us, I do not say this to give you an excuse to keep sinning...
I say this so you don't take the price that Christ paid
for granted. I say it for myself also, so that we may
strive to live as we should live, with Faith
that will not falter and with the love of Christ
that will never die.
Don't say God can't possibly forgive you,
because he already has...Christ paid the price
and instead of saying He was not enough...
it should make you rise up with the
fire of his all consuming love and strive
to not live for yourself but to live for HIM.
