DAY 352 Read Hebrews 7 through 9.
Today's reading: The epistle discusses at length the differences between the Aaronic and the Melchizedek priesthoods, showing that Christ surpasses earthly priests in every way.
Memory gem: "By his own blood he [Christ] entered in once into the holy place, having obtained redemption for us" (Hebrews 9:12).
Thought for today:
There are many today who feel that by organization, effort, money, plans, councils, they can elevate, refine, and regenerate humanity without blood atonement. But this is nothing more or less than a modern following of the example of Cain, and the history of Cain shows what must be the result. Humanity has no power to regenerate itself.
Christ alone is our Sin Bearer, and He died to atone for the sins of the world. The central theme of the sanctuary service of old, the central doctrine of the Christian faith, is the atoning blood. There is no other way to be saved than by the blood of Christ. All need to be saved, all need to be saved from sin, and all may be saved through the blood of the cross.
The French Protestant scholar Muretus was an exile from his own country. He fell seriously ill while in Lombardy and was taken to a hospital for outcasts. He overheard the doctors consulting about him in Latin, not thinking that a poor pauper could understand the language of the learned. They said, "Let us make an experiment upon this worthless body." And from his sickbed, the scholar startled them by rising on his elbow and replying in Latin, "Yet for this worthless body, Jesus Christ has died."
For our redemption, we look only to the blood of the cross.
Speaking of the Royal Air Force that mounted up with wings as eagles to protect their motherland, Winston Churchill said, "Never in the history of mankind have so many owed so much to so few." But when we think of the atoning blood of the cross and of Jesus who died on Calvary for us, we say, "Never in the history of the universe has mankind owed so much to One."
Today's reading: The epistle discusses at length the differences between the Aaronic and the Melchizedek priesthoods, showing that Christ surpasses earthly priests in every way.
Memory gem: "By his own blood he [Christ] entered in once into the holy place, having obtained redemption for us" (Hebrews 9:12).
Thought for today:
There are many today who feel that by organization, effort, money, plans, councils, they can elevate, refine, and regenerate humanity without blood atonement. But this is nothing more or less than a modern following of the example of Cain, and the history of Cain shows what must be the result. Humanity has no power to regenerate itself.
Christ alone is our Sin Bearer, and He died to atone for the sins of the world. The central theme of the sanctuary service of old, the central doctrine of the Christian faith, is the atoning blood. There is no other way to be saved than by the blood of Christ. All need to be saved, all need to be saved from sin, and all may be saved through the blood of the cross.
The French Protestant scholar Muretus was an exile from his own country. He fell seriously ill while in Lombardy and was taken to a hospital for outcasts. He overheard the doctors consulting about him in Latin, not thinking that a poor pauper could understand the language of the learned. They said, "Let us make an experiment upon this worthless body." And from his sickbed, the scholar startled them by rising on his elbow and replying in Latin, "Yet for this worthless body, Jesus Christ has died."
For our redemption, we look only to the blood of the cross.
Speaking of the Royal Air Force that mounted up with wings as eagles to protect their motherland, Winston Churchill said, "Never in the history of mankind have so many owed so much to so few." But when we think of the atoning blood of the cross and of Jesus who died on Calvary for us, we say, "Never in the history of the universe has mankind owed so much to One."
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