Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Christ Our Peace-Offering

Lev.3:1 "If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.
Eph.2:12-14
12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostilityGod is the giver of all good things! The peace offering, in essence, allowed God and His people to feast together in friendship. God offers mercy and man is in need of mercy. Christ is our peace offering, for through Him alone can we obtain peace! In Leviticus, the Israelites offered peace offerings for mercy they were in need of or for thanksgiving for mercy received. Christ is our everlasting peace offering and we shall praise His name forever!
1Cor.1:17-18
17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Christ is coming! The signs are now with us! We know not if it is soon or if He will wait! We must rest in Him when the world is in turmoil! Our mission is to preach the gospel good news to the ends of the Earth!The ones who are Christ own souls are waiting for us to preach the good news.
Matt.24:30-31
30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Matt.24:36-39
36 "But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son,but the Father only.
37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark,
39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Precious Lord, when I see the evil that is in this word, I know You see it too. Our hearts can not believe some of the things we witness here. If we did not have faith in You, it would be unbearable! Lord, we long for You to take us home. Lord, quicken hearts to receive Your mercy. Open our mouths with boldness. Amen

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