Every time an Old Testament Israelite turned around, there was a sacrifice. God kept the idea of sacrifice and the shedding of blood in front of His Old Testament people from the beginning. God never wanted them to forget how serious their sin was; and that it was going to take the shedding of blood to cover over their sins. Every sacrifice in the Old Testament pointed forward to the greatest sacrifice of all, the sacrifice of Jesus, the Son of God, and His death on the cross.

As we continue our Lenten journey to the cross, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, one of the central themes is that a sacrifice.
• For the Old Testament people, every time they turned around there was a sacrifice.
• For us in the New Testament times, we always have Jesus’ once and for all sacrifice in front of us: His death on the cross that brings us the forgiveness of sins.

Amen!