Delving into the Old Testament and learning about the sacrificial offerings that occurred in the temples of old opened my eyes to their symbolism and direct relation to Christ. I loved how they each were significant in keeping God’s people close to Him. We are fallen beings, but if we do as He commands, we’ll be able to stay on the path. The burnt offerings compensated for sins of commission, the offerings of purification for sins of omission, grain offerings for tribute, fellowship offerings for peace and guilt offering for reparation. All of the steps, though different now, still point us to Christ. Burnt and purification offerings would likely today be compared to making amends, either through personal repentance or with the assistance of
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It was interesting that they both had such different goals, Judas’ being to betray Jesus and Peter’s to never betray Him, and yet they both ended up transgressing. However, the way they reacted to their betrayals of Christ tells a lot about their character. Judas, after betraying Jesus, returned to the chief priests and begged, “…I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself” (Matthew …show more content…
The “…King of Kings, and Lord of Lords” (Rev. 19:16) willingly obeyed His Father’s will. He was mocked, scorned, beaten, hung on the cross and separated from His Father. Though I still don’t understand how, I do now understand that Christ’s atonement was intimate for me. Somehow, He understands my weaknesses—He walked the footsteps I would walk and took my lashings for me. Because Jesus lived for me and died for me, I can certainly give back to Him. Over the course of the semester, I wanted to grow closer to Jesus Christ. I wanted to better walk where He walked, and I wanted to understand why He loved me so personally. I feel that I accomplished this in part, but in all honesty, it is something that I need to constantly build on. As I daily studied about His life and His ministry on the earth, I understood Him in a more intimate way. The knowledge that I now have is something that I can’t express solely through words, but I feel of His presence and I know that He
It was interesting that they both had such different goals, Judas’ being to betray Jesus and Peter’s to never betray Him, and yet they both ended up transgressing. However, the way they reacted to their betrayals of Christ tells a lot about their character. Judas, after betraying Jesus, returned to the chief priests and begged, “…I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself” (Matthew …show more content…
The “…King of Kings, and Lord of Lords” (Rev. 19:16) willingly obeyed His Father’s will. He was mocked, scorned, beaten, hung on the cross and separated from His Father. Though I still don’t understand how, I do now understand that Christ’s atonement was intimate for me. Somehow, He understands my weaknesses—He walked the footsteps I would walk and took my lashings for me. Because Jesus lived for me and died for me, I can certainly give back to Him. Over the course of the semester, I wanted to grow closer to Jesus Christ. I wanted to better walk where He walked, and I wanted to understand why He loved me so personally. I feel that I accomplished this in part, but in all honesty, it is something that I need to constantly build on. As I daily studied about His life and His ministry on the earth, I understood Him in a more intimate way. The knowledge that I now have is something that I can’t express solely through words, but I feel of His presence and I know that He