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7 May 2008 Wednesday Bible study. Heb 10:1-3,
The old plan was only a hint of the good things in the new plan.
Since that old "law plan" wasn't
complete in itself, it couldn't complete those who followed it.
No matter how many sacrifices
were offered year after year, they never added up to a complete solution.
2 If
they had, the worshipers would have gone merrily on their way, no longer
dragged down by their sins. (from Heb 10:3-6, 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. (KJV) What we have to understand here, is what Paul is alluding to here. The Old Covenant only gave the people an outline or blueprint of what would happen when the manifestation of God’s purpose and plan for reconciliation with mankind came about. Think about it in this manner: the shadow of an ant, cast in a certain manner, can make an ant appear as a large monster, and instill fear in people. Yet, when the shadows are gone, and the proper light allows one to see the ant for what it is, then the fear is removed, because one is able to see the ant for what it really is. Likewise, the Old Covenant was but a shadow of God’s purpose and plan, and as such, many people became fearful of it, as well as that for many it was hard to comprehend as well as understand. Paul says it well in his letter to the Corinthians, “so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ”. Once one gets past the shadows, or the veil of the flesh, they are able to see the simplicity of God’s purpose and plan, and the reality of being a partaker of His divine nature. All of the rituals, traditions and man made doctrines are those which cast that shadow which appears to make things so difficult or impossible. 1 Cor 2:14, But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because they are spiritually discerned and estimated and appreciated. AMP
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