Subject: Christians before Jesus came |
Bible Note: Hey, Joel here, I just read all this, and it's great. Chesed, this is where sacrifice comes in. Obviously, before Christ came, sin existed. The only way to be reconciled with God was for a blood sacrifice to be made. This is what God established for the forgivness of sins. In the same way that Christians today ask forgivness for our sins through Christ, the perfect and final lamb, the Isrealites would bring sacrifices to the priests to present to God so that they may be forgiven. They could be made forgiven and live righteous before God if they, in faith, obeyed His commands. Therefore they no longer lived in misery and guilt. They lived forgiven and lived to obey the law that God established. And, if they lived with a belief in the law I believe that they lived with a faith in the coming Messiah because Jesus said that He came to fulfil the law. One thing, the problem with this sacrifice of lambs is that only the high priest could a direct relationship with God. Even though people could be forgiven and live righteous lives they could not come into the presence of God. And, God wanted to have relationship with all (more than just His people the Irealites as Peter descovers in Acts). So, God sends Christ and you know the rest. |