Subject 11 : The Tabernacle
[11-24] The Altar of Burnt Offering Made from Acacia Wood, Overlaid with Bronze (Exodus 38:1-7)
(Exodus 38:1-7)
“He
made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood; five cubits was its
length and five cubits its width—it was square—and its height was three
cubits. He made its horns on its four corners; the horns were of one
piece with it. And he overlaid it with bronze. He made all the utensils
for the altar: the pans, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the
firepans; all its utensils he made of bronze. And he made a grate of
bronze network for the altar, under its rim, midway from the bottom. He
cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating, as holders
for the poles. And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them
with bronze. Then he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the
altar, with which to bear it. He made the altar hollow with boards.”
Every Sinner Had to Bring a Sacrificial Offering to the Altar of Burnt Offering
For
any sinner among the people of Israel to be remitted from his sins, had
to bring a sacrificial animal to the Tabernacle, pass his sins onto it
by laying his hands on its head, draw its blood, and then hand this
blood over to the priest. The priest in the line of duty then put this
blood of the sacrificial animal on the horns of the altar of burnt
offering, laid its fat and flesh on the altar, and burnt them with fire
as a sweet aroma to the Lord God. Even the High Priest had to lay his
hands on a sacrificial animal and pass his sins onto the animal before
the altar of burnt offering in order to receive the remission of his
sins. This was the sacrifice of the atonement offered at the altar of
burnt offering which was made from acacia wood and was overlaid with
bronze, and this sacrifice of the remission of sins was offered only
through the laying on of hands and the shedding of blood.
Even
before the foundation of the world, God had already planned the way of
salvation to deliver everyone from all his sins through the laying on of
hands and the shedding of blood. Having planned our salvation, God the
Father had to send His only begotten Son to this earth, let Him be
baptized by John the Baptist, and made Him shed His blood on the Cross.
That is why Jesus Christ accepted all the sins of each and every sinner
through His baptism, which was the same as the Old Testament’s laying on
of hands. And to bear all condemnation for all the sins of the world,
Jesus shouldered all those sins and shed His own blood on the Cross in
our place.
The
altar of burnt offering overlaid with bronze teaches us that God will
infallibly condemn each and every sin that’s written on the tablet of
every human heart. Every sinner therefore had to pass his sins onto a
sacrificial animal by laying his hands on its head and then to cut its
throat, draw its blood, and the priest had to put the blood of the
animal on the horns of the altar of burnt offering. Like this, the altar
of burnt offering overlaid with bronze makes it known to all of us that
Jesus bore all our sins, and that He was condemned on the Cross for all
these sins in our place.
The Significance of the Altar of Burnt Offering
Whenever
a sacrificial animal was offered to God, its flesh was cut into pieces
and put on the altar of burnt offering in order to be burnt with fire
and offered as a sweet aroma to God. God the Father was very pleased to
see that Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist and crucified to death
in our place for all our sins. God the Father was pleased that this
unblemished Jesus sacrificed Himself as the everlasting propitiation for
all sinners.
The
sacrifices offered on the altar of burnt offering show how God has
saved every sinner from all his sins, and at the same time, they also
show how God condemns each and every sin. Put differently, the altar of
burnt offering reveals the salvation of the human race from all its sins
and condemnation. It shows us that every sinner must be cast into the
lake of fire and brimstone in hell; and it also shows us how every
sinner can be delivered from all his sins. Like this, whoever has any
sin at all must be cast into the fire of hell, and therefore every
sinner must find God’s mercy without fail.
Each
sacrificial animal that was put on the altar of burnt offering had
borne a sinner’s iniquities and was condemned for them. In other words,
the sacrificial animal had accepted someone’s sins through the laying on
of hands and shed its blood in his place. It had borne the condemnation
of sin that the sinner had to face. This burnt offering sacrificed in
the Tabernacle teaches us that Jesus accepted all the sins of this world
through His baptism and shed His blood in our place.
Every
utensil in the Tabernacle shows us how God has fulfilled the remission
of sins for us. Therefore, for you to draw a clear-cut line of your
salvation, you must have the right faith in the truth revealed in the
utensils of the Tabernacle. How should you then draw the line of your
salvation? You must draw a clear line of salvation by believing in the
Truth of salvation which is hidden in the blue, purple, and scarlet
thread and the fine woven linen. Only those who have such faith can
truly come into the righteousness of God and live out their faith
properly.
God
had prepared a sacrificial offering that would make atonement for
sinners’ sins so that they would be able to come into the Sanctuary. And
the High Priest offered the sacrifice of atonement on behalf of all
sinners in order to save them from all their sins. God has fulfilled His
promise of salvation through His Son Jesus Christ in the gospel of the
water and the Spirit. We must therefore believe in the gospel Truth of
the water and the Spirit and live out this faith of ours. Is your faith
now placed in the gospel of the water and the Spirit? For you to be
saved from all your sins, you must believe in the gospel of the water
and the Spirit wholeheartedly. The true remission of sins can be
received only if you have faith in the gospel Word of the water and the
Spirit as testified by the blue, purple, and scarlet thread. Indeed, the
Truth of salvation revealed in the blue, purple, and scarlet thread
shown in the Old Testament’s Tabernacle is all contained in the gospel
of the water and the Spirit revealed in the New Testament. Do you stand
for the gospel of the water and the Spirit? Or do you espouse the gospel
that emphasizes just the blood of the Cross? Do you believe in the
gospel proclaiming that Jesus Christ was baptized and shed His blood for
us?
In
the age of the Old Testament, the sacrificial system of the Tabernacle
was God’s covenant of salvation promising us that He would save us from
the sins of the world. God had revealed His elaborate plan of salvation
through the blue, purple, and scarlet thread and the fine woven linen
used to weave the Tabernacle’s gate. Whoever wanted to enter through
this gate had to believe in the truth revealed in these materials. Like
this, God allowed the people of Israel to be saved from all their sins
through the sacrifice of the Tabernacle, by laying their hands on their
sacrificial animal and thus passing their sins onto it by faith, and by
offering its blood to God. The gospel of the water and the Spirit is the
standard by which the remission of sins is received, and therefore only
those who understand and believe in this gospel properly are God’s very
own people, while everyone else is yet to become one of God’s people.
That’s because the Truth revealed in the blue, purple, and scarlet
thread and the fine woven linen used in the gate of the Tabernacle’s
court is the New Testament’s gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Our
Lord said to Nicodemus in John chapter 3, “Unless one is born again of
water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.” It’s very
important for all of us to grasp that the water here refers to the
baptism that Jesus received from John the Baptist. Only if we understand
the gospel of the water and the Spirit can we come into God’s arms by
faith.
Everyone Must Realize That He Will Be Condemned Unavoidably for His Sins
As
described in Mark 7:21 and onwards, everyone has the same twelve sins
that proceed from his heart. First of all, one’s evil thoughts are a sin
before God. And murder, adultery, theft, covetousness, wickedness,
pride, and foolishness are all sins as well. The evil thoughts that are
in people’s hearts are the real sources of sin that offend the holiness
of God. Even though God made Adam in the likeness of His image as an
eternal creature, Adam sinned against God, and as a result of this, all
of us Adam’s descendants were also born as sinners, unable to escape
from God’s condemnation. Because we were all born as the first man
Adam’s descendants, it is in our inherent nature to commit nothing but
sin and offend the holiness of God, both in our thoughts and actions;
and therefore we cannot help commit sin until the day we die. Indeed,
all human beings are fundamentally evil in their thoughts by nature, and
they are also fragile beings easily deceived by Satan who continually
challenges God’s holiness.
God
said that nothing but evil thoughts proceed from the human heart. Every
human being is indeed exposed as a depraved sinner filled with the
twelve kinds of sins listed in Mark chapter 7, from murder to adultery,
theft, covetousness, fornications, foolishness, and so on. Everyone’s
fundamental human nature is filled with evil thoughts. And countless
people are challenging the holiness of God with their own religious
piety. So we all had to be condemned by God for our sins without fail.
That is why sacrificial animals were constantly burnt on the altar of
burnt offering day after day in the Tabernacle. The court of the
Tabernacle was actually filled with the smell of burning flesh and the
smoke of firewood.
We Must Wash Away Our Filth with the Water in the Laver of Bronze
The
Old Testament’s priests had to surround themselves every day with the
nasty smell of burning flesh and black smoke. So it was impossible for
them to be clean, as their faces were blackened by the smoke and their
bodies were covered with grime. That’s why they needed the laver of
bronze in the court of the Tabernacle, so that they could wash
themselves. The priests had to wash away their filth with the water of
the laver of bronze every day.
This
laver of bronze in the Tabernacle denotes that in the days of the New
Testament Jesus had washed away all the sins of this world by being
baptized by John the Baptist. The fact that the priests of the Old
Testament washed their bodies with the water of the laver of bronze in
the Tabernacle refers to the baptism of Jesus Christ, which was as
important to His work of salvation as the blood He shed on the Cross.
The baptism that Jesus received from John the Baptist was an absolutely
indispensable step to wash away all our sins, without which no one could
be cleansed. Indeed, the priests could maintain their holiness because
they could go to the Tabernacle’s laver of bronze and wash away all the
grime accumulated over the course of ministering in the Tabernacle.
That
the priests washed away their filth at the laver of bronze implies that
one must admit his sinful self and recognize that everyone will be
condemned and destroyed by God for his sins. The way of salvation is
opened to you when you admit to God that you will be condemned and cast
into the fire of hell to suffer forever for your sins. The only way that
you can come into the presence of God is to admit your sins and believe
in the real Truth of salvation that Jesus has fulfilled for you. The
Messiah did actually come to this earth to save you and me from all the
sins of the world; He did actually bear all our sins by being baptized
by John the Baptist; and He was in fact condemned on the Cross in our
place. This is the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit, and it is
the absolutely indispensable Truth of salvation that we must believe.
Every
human being harbors evil thoughts, and therefore everyone has wicked
desires to hurt others, inflict pain on them, and even murder them. You
must recognize just how evil and depraved human beings are. Why are
human beings so evil then? It’s because they are a brood of evildoers by
nature, always harboring wicked thoughts and always committing sin.
Because human beings commit all the twelve kinds of sins all the time,
they are like a bomb that can go off at anytime. Indeed, they practice
wickedness all the time, lying to one other constantly, stealing from
one another, committing adultery and fornication, blaspheming the glory
of God, and loving foolishness and madness. As a brood of evildoers by
nature, human beings always harbor evil thoughts and challenge the
holiness of God throughout their lives.
Just How Evil Are We in God’s Sight?
It
is in everyone’s inherent human nature to be selfish. Scientists say
that a human being has over a hundred trillion cells, and each of these
countless cells is so selfish that it never makes any concession to
another cell. This is why a human being is a thoroughly selfish being.
Because everyone is genetically programmed to be selfish like this, no
one can survive in this world unless there are social norms and rules
that regulate one’s behavior. Human beings are so selfish that without
such norms, they would kill each other. It’s for their mutual survival
that they have established rules of coexistence. That’s how social norms
and rules came into existent. Social norms were made to constrain man’s
destructive inclination and foster a more cooperative environment. In
short, it’s because human beings are so evil and wicked that it was
necessary to establish social norms and laws to govern their behavior
and restrain their evil tendencies. The more prevalent wickedness became
in the world, the more necessary it was to come up with social norms
and laws.
If
you really want to believe in Jesus Christ as your Savior and come into
the presence of God the Father, you must first realize without fail
that you are fundamentally evil by nature, admit that you are a
completely depraved sinner bound to hell, and then believe in the gospel
of the water and the Spirit. You must believe in the righteousness of
Jesus Christ and thus receive the remission of all your sins. Although
God is holy, human beings are absolutely evil, and therefore they cannot
help but commit sin all the time. Even though they were made in the
likeness of God’s image, they are blasphemers of His holiness. That is
why human beings can be saved only if they believe wholeheartedly in the
gospel of the water and the Spirit given by Jesus Christ. You can reach
your salvation only if you look for the righteousness of Jesus Christ,
understand it, and believe in it. You must seek the righteousness of God
and believe in His grace, saying to Him, “Lord, I admit that I am
always wicked. I am full of shortcomings all the time. I commit sin
constantly, and therefore I deserve to be punished in hell. That’s why
the salvation that You are offering through the gospel of the water and
the Spirit is so absolutely indispensable to me. I believe that You have
saved me through the gospel of the water and the Spirit.” Only those
who admit their weaknesses and wickedness can believe in the
righteousness of Jesus Christ.
It’s
said that Socrates was inspired by a scribble that he stumbled upon on a
washroom wall, which said, “Know yourself!” This simple saying left an
indelible impression on Socrates as it exposed what was in his mind. So,
whenever Socrates saw someone self-righteous pretending to be virtuous
and knowledgeable, he admonished the person by saying, “Know yourself
first!” This simple statement alone was enough to make Socrates a great
philosopher remembered even to this day.
I
cannot emphasize enough just how important it is for you to realize
your sinful self, know that you will be cast into hell for the wages of
these sins, and admit this with all your heart. You cannot truly grasp
the righteousness of God unless you first realize what a depraved sinner
you are before God and how inexorably you are heading straight to hell.
Like this, everyone must admit the consequences of his own sins first.
The altar of burnt offering was made of acacia wood, and its outside was
overlaid with bronze. This implies that everyone has to be condemned
for his sins, and every sinner is helpless to escape from his way to
hell. But those who know how utterly helpless they are on their own can
revere the righteousness of Jesus and believe in His love.
Let’s
turn to Luke 18:10-14 here: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one
a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed
thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other
men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I
fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ And the tax
collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to
heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I
tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the
other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who
humbles himself will be exalted.”
The
Pharisees in the days of Jesus were very pious in their outside
appearances, teaching everyone else to live virtuously. But did they
actually never commit any theft or adultery? No, of course not! Even
though the Pharisees pretended to be godly outside, when no one was
looking at them, they committed even more and worse sins than anyone
else. Yet despite this, they hypnotized themselves into believing that
they were sinless, and they also pretended to be godly to those around
them. It’s precisely such people who are the most depraved sinners
challenging the holiness of God.
The
tax collector’s prayer was different from the Pharisee’s prayer. It was
clear to everyone that the tax collector was a sinner. Indeed, when he
came out to God, he couldn’t even lift up his head and look up to the
sky, but instead he beat his chest, confessing, “God, be merciful to me,
for I am a sinner!” God then listened to the tax collector’s plea for
mercy, and He saved him from all his sins as he believed in the Truth of
the water and the Spirit. In contrast, the Pharisee was exposed as an
evildoer in God’s sight. It was the tax collector who was approved by
God for His righteousness, not the Pharisee.
It
is only by believing in the righteousness of God with our hearts that
we have received the remission of sins, not by relying on our own works.
Because our works always come short of God’s holiness, we cannot help
but commit sin all the time, and therefore we all deserve to be
condemned with fire for our sins, just as sacrificial animals were
constantly put to death and burnt on the altar of burnt offering for the
sins of the people of Israel. We must therefore confess to God just how
sinful we are and be saved from all our sins and condemnation by
believing in Jesus Christ alone.
When
we look at the fire and smoke rising up from the altar of burnt
offering overlaid with bronze, we can see that in God’s sight, we
ourselves are sinners bound to be condemned to the fire of hell for our
sins. Each and every one of you must realize this fact. Only then can
you be completely delivered from all your sins and all the condemnation
of your sins by believing in the baptism of Jesus Christ and His blood
of sacrifice. Jesus Christ is offering you salvation from all your sins,
but you cannot really look for this salvation sincerely and eagerly
unless you admit to God first that you are totally evil, and that you
cannot help but be condemned for your sins. And it is only when you
believe in this Truth of salvation with all your heart that you can
reach your salvation, be freed from all your sins and all their
condemnation, and accept God’s love. But as mentioned, before you can
believe in the Truth of salvation, you must first realize your true self
and honestly admit your sinful nature and shortcomings before God. Only
someone who admits his sinful self is someone who truly recognizes the
holiness of God and His justice. In other words, you can receive the
remission of sins by believing in the baptism of Jesus and His blood
only if you first admit that while God is absolutely just, honest, and
truthful, you are absolutely unjust, filthy, and evil in His sight.
If
you instead are self-righteous like the very Pharisee who considered
himself eminently virtuous before God, then you should realize here that
you are standing on very thin ice. Far from finding God’s mercy, you
will be forsaken by God. In contrast, if you are like the tax collector,
then you can admit that you are a sinner bound to be condemned to hell
for your sins, and find mercy from God on account of this humble
admission. Indeed, for all those who are humble like the tax collector,
God the Father has blotted out all their sins with the gospel of the
water and the Spirit and saved them by sending His only begotten Son
Jesus Christ.
Although
there are countless people in this world, they can all be divided into
two specific types: Those who have received the remission of sins and
those who have not received it yet. The former are those who admitted
their total depravity and their hell-bound fate and, as a result,
yearned for God’s mercy. Such people have received the remission of sins
by believing in the salvation of Jesus Christ. They acknowledge God
sincerely and trust in His holiness, justice, and faithfulness. In
contrast, the latter are not only refusing to receive the remission of
their sins but they are also standing against God, for they neither
believe that Jesus Christ is their Savior nor admit that they themselves
are sinners. You must believe that God has completely washed away all
your sins with the truth of the blue, purple, and scarlet thread. Only
those who have this unwavering faith have truly reached their salvation.
The
altar of burnt offering overlaid with bronze shows us that even though
we were all destined to be condemned by God for our sins, we have been
washed from all our sins by believing in the baptism of our Lord and His
crucifixion. But before you profess to believe in Jesus as your Savior
and confess your faith, you must first admit that you yourself deserve
to be condemned by God for the countless sins that you have committed,
just like the sacrificial animals that were burnt on the altar of burnt
offering which was overlaid with bronze. Only if you admit your sinful
self first can you really understand and believe in the baptism of Jesus
Christ and His blood on the Cross as your salvation, and only then can
you become one of God’s people.
Faith in the Blood of Jesus Alone Is Not Enough
Some
of you may be thinking, “Why does Rev. Jong keep saying that I should
admit my sinful self, when I already believe in Jesus’ blood? It’s true
that I have a few blemishes, but I am not so sinful that I deserve to be
condemned by God for my sins. I don’t think that my every thought,
every intention, and every act is so sinful that I deserve to be
condemned.” If this is what you are thinking now, then you should
realize that you are gravely mistaken like that Pharisee. You are making
a huge mistake by giving such a generous assessment to yourself.
The
Bible states clearly that the wages of sin is death. In God’s sight,
every sin is the same, whether it’s small or big. Anyone who has any sin
at all in God’s sight, even if it’s the smallest of all sins, will be
condemned for this sin and cast into the fire of hell. It does not
matter how big or small your sins are; as long as you have any sin at
all, you are the same as any other sinner in the eyes of the holy God.
Why
is this so? It is because God Himself is holy, and therefore He cannot
tolerate any sin at all regardless of how serious or trivial you may
think your sins are. It’s because God must condemn each and every sin
without exception.
When
we honestly expose all our lives before God, none of us can claim to
have committed just a few sins. If you say that you have committed just a
few sins, then perhaps you consider yourself virtuous, at least
according to the standard of the world. But you are saying this only
because your perception of God’s judgment and condemnation of sin is
completely wrong, as you have no idea just how strict God is. In other
words, you are assessing yourself based on your own criteria and
self-absorption rather than on God’s standard, and that’s why you are
seriously mistaken. You must therefore examine yourself again
objectively before the Law of God, asking yourself, “How do I appear in
God’s sight? When God looks at me, don’t I appear as someone who
deserves to be condemned? Haven’t I committed countless sins that would
surely send me to hell time after time?” Like this, you ought to examine
yourself objectively before God and realize clearly that you yourself
are a sinner destined to be cast into the fires of hell for the wages of
your sins.
It’s
absolutely imperative for you to recognize that anything that’s not
done by faith is a sin before God (Romans 14:23), that you yourself
commit such sins constantly, and that you will be condemned for these
sins. Only after this can you realize the Truth of salvation and grasp
that the Lord has saved such a depraved sinner like you from all your
sins through the blue, purple, and scarlet thread and the fine woven
linen, and it is at this very moment that you can receive the remission
of sins.
As
we look at the Word of God explaining the Tabernacle in detail, we
cannot help but confess the following: “Lord, we were indeed all
destined to be condemned for our sins, for we cannot help but commit sin
all the time. Yet even so, You have completely delivered us from all
our sins and condemnation by being baptized and shedding Your blood to
save us. Just by believing in Your gospel Truth of the water and the
Spirit, we have been saved from all our sins and condemnation. We were
in fact all destined to be cast into hell. But thanks to You, we have
been saved from all our sins by believing in the sacrificial system
which was established by You. We believe that this is the gift of
salvation that You have given to us. All that we can do before such
amazing grace is just believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit
and give all our thanks to You.”
There
still are countless people in this world who have not come into the
righteousness of Christ yet. Too many people are still ignorant of the
Truth of salvation, not realizing that the Lord has saved each and every
sinner from all the sins of the world through the Truth of the blue,
purple, and scarlet thread. These people have no idea just how evil they
are, and how they themselves are destined to be condemned for their
sins. Even though they commit countless sins all the time and they will
be condemned for their sins, they don’t realize that they themselves are
such depraved sinners, and they are just deceiving themselves.
Moreover, they think mistakenly that they are actually doing good works
before God, and they are very eager to show off their own virtues. When
they approach God, they don’t hesitate to bring out their own
righteousness rather than God’s righteousness. In their self-righteous
arrogance, they think that they will not go to hell even if they have
sin. They are absolutely convinced that they will never go to hell,
thinking to themselves that since they have only a few sins, they just
need to receive the remission of these sins.
There
are actually many Christians all around the world who think that even
though they believe in Jesus, they still have a few sins remaining with
them, and that these sins can easily be washed away just by just
offering prayers of repentance; and that they will be sanctified
eventually somehow; and that they will ultimately all enter the Kingdom
of Heaven. Many Christians are sure that even though they remain sinful,
God will not judge them just because they believe in Jesus. But no
matter how many people are absolutely convinced of this, they are all
destined to the burning fires of hell. If you think that you will not go
to hell even if you don’t really know the mystery of salvation which is
revealed in the Tabernacle’s blue, purple, and scarlet thread and fine
woven linen, or if you just believe that Jesus Christ was crucified for
you without believing in His baptism, your faith then is flawed and
imperfect. Like this, if you think that you will not go to hell even
though your heart remains sinful, all because you somehow believe in
Jesus Christ as your Savior, you then are actually challenging the
holiness of God. Hell is the place prepared for precisely such arrogant
people who don’t believe that they will face God’s condemnation.
It’s
such a tragedy that so many sinners remain so foolish that they don’t
even realize that they are heading straight to hell. But just as the
Bible says, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans
3:23), everyone must indeed be cast into hell, for everyone is sinful.
The glory of God is none other than Jesus Christ Himself, who came by
the water and the Spirit. Although countless Christians profess to
believe in Jesus, most of them still remain unsaved as they don’t really
understand that Jesus has come by the water, the blood, and the Spirit.
If you neither know nor believe in this Jesus Christ who has come by
the blue, purple, and scarlet thread, then you have not been washed from
all your sins yet, and therefore you cannot enter that brilliant House
of God. And if you cannot come into God’s House, then this can only mean
that far from partaking in the Kingdom of God, you will be cast into
hell in the end.
Therefore,
regardless of whether or not you are a Christian professing to believe
in Jesus Christ as your Savior, if you have not been truly born again,
then you must admit that you are bound to hell for your sins and believe
in Jesus Christ properly from this point on. The law of God clearly
states that the wages of sin is death, and you must acknowledge this
divine law and believe in it without any resistance. Only if you admit
that you are heading straight to hell for your sins can you believe in
the God-given gospel of the water and the Spirit. God’s gift of
salvation is the remission of sins, and this gift is bestowed only on
those who believe in the baptism of Jesus Christ, His death on the
Cross, and His resurrection.
Our
salvation and deliverance from all our sins did not come from
ourselves, but it is God’s gift to us. None of us was born in this world
out of our own desire, but it is God who allowed us to be born on this
earth in order to make us His own children. Realizing that God has
enable all of us to reach our salvation if only we believe in the
baptism of Jesus, His death on the Cross, and His resurrection, each and
every one of us must believe in this Truth.
Having
established His law declaring that the wages of sins is death, God also
planned to give us everlasting life in Jesus Christ our Lord. God
ordered to make the altar of burnt offering out of acacia wood, overlaid
it with bronze, and lit fire on it. This implies that the wages of sin
is death, and that each and every sin must be condemned forever. Such
God-established law can be neither broken nor changed by any of us.
That’s why we must admit that we ourselves are helpless sinners and
accept the Truth of salvation into our hearts by faith. It’s absolutely
imperative for all of us to acknowledge and believe in each and every
law that God has established and fulfilled for us.
If
you really have a clear understanding of the Tabernacle and the right
faith, then God will not only save you from all your sins and the
condemnation of these sins, but He will also bestow all His blessings on
you. If, however, you refuse to consider your sins seriously even once,
but instead obstinately think that you have hardly any sins, that you
have never committed any mortal sins, or that the few sins that you have
committed are nothing compared to the good things that you have done,
then your soul will be subjected to God’s law of wrath.
Jesus
Christ is God Himself, and you can be freed from all you sins if you
believe in Christ as your Savior and trust in the righteousness of God
which was fulfilled by the Lord; and once you are freed from all your
sins by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, you will
surely come to abide in God forever.
I
give all thanks to Jesus Christ for saving us from all our sins and
death through the Truth of salvation hidden in the sacrificial system of
the Tabernacle.
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