Easter Message
Sunday April 04, 2010 Filed in: Fathers'
Voice
The Altar of Burnt
Offering and The Cross
Numbers 5:13-14 The altar was covered in purple cloth. Jesus was covered with a purple robe as he was taken to the cross.
Exodus 27: 1 - 8 At the altar, one could receive forgiveness of sins. The Cross of Jesus is salvation and forgiveness.
Leviticus 6: 12 - 13, 9:24 & 2 Chronicles 7:1 The source of the fire is from God and never goes out. Where did Jesus’ passion come from? What held him on the cross? No one could have placed Jesus on that altar against His will. The One who initiated the first sacrificial flame was again the Initiator at the sacrificial altar of the Cross.
Exodus 29: 38-43 & Ephesians 3:11-12 God wanted to meet with and talk to His people. The altar gave people access to God. The Cross of Jesus gives us access to God.
“The Cross is where the eternal Lamb made the ultimate sacrifice of grace and mercy on our behalf. And it is at the foot of that altar where a person must meet God. It is the only place. When we draw near, accepting the Sacrifice made on our behalf we come face-to-face with the Almighty. And, just like the Israelites who touched the altar, when we take up that sacrificial Cross, we take on the holiness and righteousness of the One who hung upon it.” (Exodus 29:37)
Tammy Priest
Numbers 5:13-14 The altar was covered in purple cloth. Jesus was covered with a purple robe as he was taken to the cross.
Exodus 27: 1 - 8 At the altar, one could receive forgiveness of sins. The Cross of Jesus is salvation and forgiveness.
Leviticus 6: 12 - 13, 9:24 & 2 Chronicles 7:1 The source of the fire is from God and never goes out. Where did Jesus’ passion come from? What held him on the cross? No one could have placed Jesus on that altar against His will. The One who initiated the first sacrificial flame was again the Initiator at the sacrificial altar of the Cross.
Exodus 29: 38-43 & Ephesians 3:11-12 God wanted to meet with and talk to His people. The altar gave people access to God. The Cross of Jesus gives us access to God.
“The Cross is where the eternal Lamb made the ultimate sacrifice of grace and mercy on our behalf. And it is at the foot of that altar where a person must meet God. It is the only place. When we draw near, accepting the Sacrifice made on our behalf we come face-to-face with the Almighty. And, just like the Israelites who touched the altar, when we take up that sacrificial Cross, we take on the holiness and righteousness of the One who hung upon it.” (Exodus 29:37)
Tammy Priest