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THE REALITY SHOWN IN THE NEW COVENANT
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30
Hebrews 9:11-28
John 19:26-37
“When Jesus therefore had received
the vinegar, he said, It is finished …”
THE REALITY SHOWN IN THE NEW COVENANT
While the old covenant was a picture of good things to come, the meaning is now revealed and confirmed to be fulfilled in Christ. The shedding of blood is the key factor that brings sanctification and forgiveness of sins. While the rituals of the old covenant were repeated, Christ offered Himself once only and remains a Mediator continually.
The old order is fulfilled in Christ as He is the High Priest of God for good things to come. A picture is different from reality. The thousands of offerings that were offered every year represented Christ. Christ is the only true High Priest and His offering is the only true offering. As He died on the cross He declared, “It is finished” (John 19:30). This was to signify that the mission that He came to fulfil in the world was done. That was not the end of His mission but it was a price that was paid for the forgiveness of sins to satisfy God’s requirement and bring to pass man’s redemption. The text says that Jesus obtained eternal redemption for us. This was a milestone in the objective of the first advent of Christ.
The text tells of the superiority of the blood of Christ in comparison to that of animals: “For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” (Heb 9:13-14). The coming of Christ is a transformation of the old covenant to the new one.
THOUGHT: Christ became both the Priest and the sacrifice to fulfil the work of redemption.
PRAYER: Father, I am trusting in Thy Son for my redemption.