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So Much For Saturday
Wednesday, January 11, 2017What day is truly the Sabbath day?Sincerely,
Sabbatarian
Dear Sabbatarian,
Saturday is the Sabbath day… but christians don’t have to worry about keeping the Sabbath. The word ‘sabbath’ means ‘rest’. The Sabbath day was a day that the nation of Israel was told to rest, stop working, and make holy to the Lord (Ex 31:15). The Sabbath was part of the Old Testament law – a law that christians are no longer under (Gal 3:23-25). We are specifically told not to let anyone bind the Sabbath on us (Col 2:16). Christians worship Christ on the first day of the week – Sunday (Acts 20:7, 1 Cor 16:1-2). We are not bound by the strict rules of avoiding all work like the Jews were, but we are told to treat Sunday as “the Lord’s day” (Rev 1:10).
Power Of Blood
Tuesday, January 10, 2017Why did God require blood sacrifice?Sincerely,
Seeing Red
Dear Seeing Red,
Blood sacrifices taught the Jewish people something about the cost of sin. The Old Testament was designed to prepare people for Christ’s coming (Gal 3:23-24). The blood of the bulls and goats that were killed as sin offerings never paid the price of sin (Heb 10:4). However, by making those sacrifices, Israel learned that all sin must be paid for with blood. Eventually, Christ came and paid for our sins with His blood (1 Pet 1:18-19) – the blood of God. All those animal sacrifices prepared Israel to see and understand what Jesus’ crucifixion meant. He was the true sacrificial lamb (Jhn 1:29). The Old Testament sacrifices were a shadow of the things to come (Heb 10:1).