20120315: HeBrews 10 : Testament, Will & Death

Heb10:10 "By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all"

Before the world began
You were on His mind
And every tear you cry
Is precious in His eyes
Because of His great love
He gave His only Son
Everything was done
So you would come

Nothing you can do
Could make Him love you more
And nothing that you've done
Could make Him close the door
Because of His great love
He gave His only Son
Everything was done
So you would come

Come to the Father
Though your gift is small
Broken hearts, broken lives
He will take them all
The power of the Word
The power of His blood
Everything was done
So you would come

Reflections of HeBrews 10:

About the emphasis of sacrifices.

1. Why animals are not the right substitute?

 V4 It is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

2. Why Jesus has to to be the perfect lamb of sacrifice?

V5 wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body thou has prepared me

V9 He came to do the Father's will

V10 He is the finale sacrifice - Once and for all

V11 Others cannot take away sins 

V12 Only this man - Jesus - his offering of Himself on the cross

V20 Jesus has consecrated for us, through the veil, his flesh for us - it is a new and living way

 A testament is also known as a will. It will only take effect upon death. The testament would lay out the details of the beneficiaries and the inheritance.

Have you ever made a will? I have. It must also be witnessed by two persons before it can be effective. The beneficiaries we named in the will would inherit all the assets that we have accumulated on this earth. We gave them away upon our death. Do they have to work for it? No, those benefactors are bequeathed with our desires for their benefit. 

The death of Jesus Christ. He left behind an invaluable inheritance for us all.  His death was witnessed by multitudes.  We do not have to work to inherit it. It is all about His grace that we become His precious benefactors through his death. All we now have to do is to accept his benevolence, His inheritance He left behind for us.

Psalm 22:10

¹⁰ From birth I was cast on you;

   from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

Psalm 139:13

 ¹³ For you created my inmost being;
   you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Mui's poem:
Life and death - it was His design, His divine master plan
From the day we were formed, His promises forever stand
To the day we breathe our last breath, our time is in His hand
The mysteries of our journey, will be revealed as we pressed in till the end.

As we approach Good Friday in 2 weeks time, the video clip taken from the Passion of Christ the movie often make me cry.

The above is a beautiful and most fitting song to come to the Father. Won't you open the door of your heart and come? This gift of new and living way - it cost Jesus his very own life. He came as a perfect sacrifice - just for you and I.