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Outside the Gate

In Hebrews 13:11-14, the Holy Spirit compares and contrasts the blood sacrifices of animals under the Old Law to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ that sealed the new testament. In the Law of Moses, after the animals were sacrificed by the priests, their bodies were carried outside the gate of the city and cleanly disposed of by fire (Leviticus 16:27). Therefore Jesus also, showing Himself a sacrifice for sin, hung on a cross outside the gate of the city, at the “place of the skull,” where many animal sacrifices were burned under the old Law.     After the text of Hebrews […]

As a Very Lovely Song

    Why do people young and old flock to hear their favorite musicians perform on stage? Is it not because those musicians are artists who play instruments and sing masterfully? These professionals play and sing so well that the music and lyrics move the listeners and they go home flying higher than a kite. But what does this have to do with the scriptures? Ezekiel 33:30-33.     The start of the paragraph (in Ezekiel 33:30) sounds tremendously encouraging as God speaks to the man Ezekiel, saying, “As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside […]