we should be broken and feel broken
Monday, February 16, 2009
the blood of bulls and goats
i started to read leviticus tonight and it was shocking to read of all the animals that had to be sacrificed for the israelites sins. blood would have to be a normal thing for those people back then. reading about those sacrifices and then looking to our sacrifice, it is all the worst. our sacrifice is more removed so it is not in our minds as much when we sin, for if it were, i think that we would not sin as flippantly as we do now. it is still our sin that hangs Christ to the cross though, we are the ones who are beating Him, pounding the nails into His hands and feet, killing Him. our stomachs should churn and feel nauseated over our own sin, yet we feel fine about, even revel in it.
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Often, when God shows us our sin, either through His Word or by someone confronting us on it, we are not that interested in recognizing that it is our sin.
ReplyDeleteWhen He finally gets through to us and we repent there is such joy, but it certainly takes longer than it should, most of the time.
Can you imagine being a priest back then? Hot sunny days with blood everywhere, flies, maggots and the stench of "sin" all around. If nothing else, the priests should have really seen and hated sin for what it was.