Monday, February 17, 2014

Seeing Our Sin Offering


“Bring… a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering… sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the veil… The whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place… and burn him on the wood with fire” (Leviticus 4:3-12).  “Thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin… by His knowledge shall My righteous Servant justify many; for He shall bear their iniquities” (Isaiah 53:10,11).  “Jesus Christ… loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood… I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.” (Revelation 1:5,18). 

Behold the offering for sin
As typified within the bull:
No blemish seen without, within,
Thus made atonement for the soul. 

The blood was sprinkled seven times
Before the Lord, before the veil,
Foreshowing payment for our crimes  
With greater blood which would not fail. 

Then carried forth outside the camp,
And in a clean place burned on wood,
We see this portrait like a lamp
Whereby the cross is understood.

For Christ became our Offering;  
To cleanse us He was sacrificed.   
The blood of bulls did no such thing,
Yet they foreshadowed Jesus Christ.

Praise God, for we are justified
The moment we receive the Lord,
For to this end our Savior died
And rose to grant us this Reward! 

The keys unlocking death and hell
Are firmly in our Savior’s hands.
He lives forevermore to tell
His justifying power stands! 

O Lord, we celebrate Your love
Which held You to that awful cross!  
You left Your majesty above
To rescue us from endless loss! 

You saved us, Lord, from judgment’s flood,
As billows crashed upon Your head. 
In love, You washed us in Your blood,
And laid Your life down in our stead. 

Lord, send us that we may proclaim
The Gospel of Your saving grace
And show the reason You became
An Offering to take our place.  


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