Ezekiel 46:15 “‘Thus they shall provide the lamb, the grain offering and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt offering.’”
PERMANENT SACRIFICE
I cannot imagine how it must have been to have to present a daily sacrifice at the temple. Every day a year-old lamb without blemish. Every day a grain offering and oil. Every day! Surely, the priests got tired. Perhaps they even wondered why.
I am so thankful that our God sent the perfect, permanent sacrifice to cover all sin. It was a one-time sacrifice, never to be repeated. His blood was not only unblemished by sin, it was also perfectly sinless. It was perfectly divine. That’s why it was a permanent sacrifice. Up until that time there had not been a sacrifice like that. But now…
TEACHING MOMENT
Teaching our children about sacrifices may seem strange. But the Lord wants us to so they will truly understand the magnitude of what Christ did. Why not use this as a math exercise for your kids. Help them figure out how many lambs were sacrificed before Christ. Use your imagine. Google it. I found some interesting facts documented by Josephus, an early Jewish writer.
He said that between 66 and 70 A.D. over 250,000 lambs were sacrificed on Passover alone. That’s a lot of mutton. So, you can just guess how many were killed over all the years of the temple. All of that and still no permanent forgiveness of sins. But Jesus came and gave His life and poof – all forgiven.
Do you truly understand the greatness of that act in your life? Do you understand that there is nothing you could ever do to acquit yourself of your guilt? You and I were doomed to eternal punishment, but Jesus… What a perfect sacrifice! What a perfect Lamb of God!
A Moment In Time 