When God gave instructions for the Day of Atonement, He specified how the High Priest was to access the Most Holy Place. These rules apply to both the Tabernacle and then the Temple. The writer of Hebrews provides a clear explanation. Hebrews 9:1That first covenant between God and Israel had regulations for worship and a …
Jesus makes a puzzling expression to Mary Magdalene on the first Resurrection morning. Mary had gone out to properly embalm Jesus’s body because there hadn’t been time due to Sabbath restrictions. When Mary arrived at the tomb, it was empty. She was understandably upset and sent for Peter and John. They both entered the tomb …
God speaks of the significance of blood in His instructions to Noah. Genesis 9: 4 But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it. 5 “And I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person’s life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders …
The sanctity of life is something special to the Lord. In Genesis four, we read about the first murder in the Bible, when Cain killed his brother Abel, and the Lord’s response. 10 But the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground![1] The Lord does not say his body cries …
The ark shows God’s salvation blueprint. The details of the ark foreshadow how Jesus will save us. Genesis 6: 14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. 15 This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its …