February 7 Accept the Altar of Sacrifice

Accept the Altar of Sacrifice
Read Exodus 29-31

Exodus 29:44-46 “So I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar and will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests. 45 Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God. 46 They will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.”

THERE’S a universe of competition for our devotion and love. God knew his chosen people would be tempted daily to follow other gods, to ignore his law, and to live life in the way they desired.
The amazing thing, though, is that God wanted this people group to be his people. And to make that happen, he would connect more personally with them through priests who would be among his people to represent his love and his law to them.
All things that the priest would do would be for the purpose of reminding them who their LORD was. Their sacrifices and rituals and feasts were to keep alive the memory of their LORD, whose miracles brought them out of Egyptian slavery.
Then he sent another Priest—Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Great High Priest. He clearly showed God’s law and love to us. And because of Jesus’ great sacrifice of love, we need no other priest.
Now the Holy Spirit represents God to remind us that Jesus freed us from bondage. And because of the bible, we can know the truth and keep his Word alive in our heart and our mind. The Spirit opens our minds to teach us and remind us we can trust the God, who has freed us from sin’s slavery.


Pause and Consider: God wants to be your God.