Today is Good Friday.
Barely ten hours earlier, we received news that my sister-in-law had contracted breast cancer. It was kind of a shock to all.
I am reminded of my 2003 rainbow. And the recent 27/3/2011 rainbow sighting once again reminded me of COVENANTS.
Well, today is Good Friday.
Hebrews talked about Jesus- greater than Moses, the great High Priest, like Melchizedek.
Jesus , the High Priest of a New Covenant.
I thank Him this Good Friday. Old covenant of worship in the earthly tabernacle is gone. So much difference between the old testament and new testament.
Twice this had been written in Hebrews 8:10-12 and 10:16-18 reagrding the COVENANT:
"This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
and write them in their hearts.
I will be their God
and they will be my people...I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more..
..and where these have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin.."
v13 "By calling this covenant 'new', he has made the first one obsolete and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear."
Jesus came to die on the cross. He entered the Most Holy place not by means of the blood of goats and calves; but by his own blood. Heb 9:15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new COVENANT , that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance - now that he has died as a ransom to set us free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
The 2 "C's in comparison:
"Cancer" speaks of death sentence. But "Christ" offers life eternity.
"Cancer" instills freaking fear. But "Christ" offers forgiveness and love that casts out all fears.
"Cancer" cells are all out to devour. But "Christ" conquers the enemy who is out "to kill , steal and destroy"
"Cancer" may require repeated chemotherapy. But "Christ" treatment of cleansing is made complete once and for all, by His own death on the cross.
"Cancer" speaks of the physical battle of the flesh. But "Christ" offers the spiritual battle of our mind and heart - from inside out.
'Cancer" may hit some . But "Christ" is available to all.
"Cancer" cast a shadow on the temporal life here on earth. But "Christ" offers a reality of the eternal heaven above.
Heb13:14 "For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come"
It is for this reason, Christ died on the cross for us all, so that we can look to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of our LIVING GOD. What an awesome COVENANT!
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