Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Pursue Series: The Messiah as High Priest

Welcome back after the holidays!  This Sunday we began a new series called Pursue: Knowing the Messiah.  Throughout this series we will be exploring the ways the Bible describes and helps us understand who Jesus is.  This Sunday we talked about Jesus as the High Priest.  We looked at Leviticus and saw that the priests helped people atone for their sins through animal sacrifices, and the high priest specifically represented all of Israel before God.  Then we see in Hebrews that Jesus is described as the ultimate high priest.  Through Jesus' sacrifice of himself (not other animals), we are cleansed of our sins and fully forgiven.  This is the ultimate sacrifice!

In creation, God made God's masterpieces, including humanity.  But through the original sin of Adam and Eve, we have become a sinful people.  Just as an art masterpiece can be marred by imperfections, we too are marred or imperfect because of sin.  But, through Jesus the messiah as the high priest, there is hope that we can be restored through Jesus' sacrifice of himself.  Even though we are sinful people, we must remember that we are still God's masterpieces through our restoration by Jesus' love and forgiveness.

Join us next Sunday as we explore Jesus the Messiah as King!






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