Jesus has done EVERYTHING!

The first 10 chapters in the book of Leviticus tells us about the ceremonies needed to be done by the Israelites for the Lord in the time of Moses. I have observed that in their time, pleasing the Lord is very hard to do. They need to prepare their offerings for the Lord and follow the ceremony that the Lord has told Moses. I have also observed how the Lord wants to see His people free from sin, that He wants a sinner to present a sin offering to the priest so that the priest can make an atonement for the sin he has committed. Purification and forgiveness from sin is not easily granted in their time. I have also observed that the sin offering and all of the other kinds of offering (except the grain offering) requires animals that are needed to be slaughtered before the Lord. Because of this, it was made known to me that blood really needs to be spilled so that a man’s sin can be forgiven and so that he could have fellowship with God.

Now because of these things that I have discovered in the first ten chapters of Leviticus, I had become so thankful that I am not living in their time. I am so thankful that I am living on a time where Christianity already exists, in this generation where Christ has already died on the cross for us. I am so thankful that I am living in this time where forgiveness of sins and fellowship with God were given to everyone freely, without doing all of these ceremonial stuffs anymore.

I owe all of these thanksgivings to Christ, who has done everything for us. The ceremony that was made known by God to the Israelites in the time of Moses has been cancelled because of Jesus Christ! The largest ceremony that was done for the forgiveness of our sins and for our fellowship with God has been done 2012 years ago. Jesus’ life, death until His resurrection was the largest ceremony ever done! Jesus has made His body the tabernacle, where everything in it is pure and holy. He was also made by God the “high priest”, where He is the one who faces God to make atonement for our sins. And He, Himself, has also made His body the sin offering which was presented to God for the forgiveness of every man’s sin.

In Leviticus chapter 9, verse 23, it is said that “the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people”. This happened after the whole ceremony was done. And now, because of Jesus’ death on the cross, the Lord’s glory has also appeared to all of us who are in Christ. Because of Jesus’ perfect performance in His life here on earth, the Lord’s presence can now be felt by everyone! Everything that was revealed to me in these chapters made me more thankful to Jesus, and all of these had made me appreciate Him more.

Thank You Jesus for all of the things You have done for us!

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