Blood Padding

I came across a beautiful picture of God's love that has really rocked me to my core. As you know, i've been reading through the Bible and spending a great amount of time in the Pentateuch. I've been studying God's movement among His people and His grace and His justice and His specific plans for His people's actions and His temple. His specific measurements and ingredients for the Tent of Meeting and Tabernacle have definitely been overwhelming. However, last night i read something awesome in a book i'm reading. It was talking about the ark of the covenant and it read like this:

"On the Day of Atonement the high priest took a goat and sacrificed it. Then the goat's blood was sprinkled on the mercy seat. God dwelt above the mercy seat in a cloud of glory, so that blood was put between the visible manifestation of God's presence and the broken law within the ark. So blood was put between God and the broken law... the priest could put blood between a holy God and the broken law so his sin could be covered and removed." Man's Problems and God's Answers by J. Dwight Pentecost

We see from the book of Deuteronomy 10:1-5 that the tablets put into the ark were the second set that were written by the hand of God, however it is so important to understand the symbolism behind these tablets. I had never considered the fact that the tablet of the law inside of the ark was broken at one time - not just physically broken, but also symbolically. I knew that Moses threw the original to the ground. I knew that it had been broken, but never connected the idea of a 'broken law' until now.

The blood was put between God and the law - the law which was symbolically and actually broken by His people. And through the blood of that goat, forgiveness was attainable for one year. And through the blood of Jesus, forgiveness is attainable forever. It is the only thing that stands between a Holy God and the broken law of our lives. Just something to think about...

GP
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