January 16
The Continual Burnt Offering"T he life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul."
Year after year as the blood was shed at the altar and carried into the holiest, God was telling out the story of redeeming grace. It is the precious blood of Christ poured forth at Calvary which alone has settled the sin question to the divine satisfaction. By that mighty sacrifice iniquity has been put away and in the value of that blood the believer stands before God justified—cleared of every charge. Blood shed is life poured out. and it is through the life He gave up in death for us that we now live eternally.
How often do I wonder
That Christ should love me so;
But never can I answer
Why He such love should show;
It passeth understanding,
Out-reaching human thought.
That He, the Lord of glory
My soul with blood hath bought.
—E. G. K. Wesley