Week 3, Day 3
Today’s reading: Acts 1-2
Thoughts from yesterday’s reading…
I want to share just a quick note this evening, since it is already almost midnight.
Chapters 23 and 24 of Luke are the apex of the whole Bible message. If you think about the focus of the Bible, you can see everything pointing to the moment in time of the crucifixion of Christ. Everything in the Old Testament is pointing forward to that moment in time–the perfect sacrifice for sin. The prophecies, teachings, and even the characters in the Old Testament pointed to that very moment in time. All of those characters of old were looking for that one moment in time. Their sins were forgiven (as are ours) in the sacrifice of Christ.
When we look at all of the New Testament writings, they point back to the time of the crucifixion of Christ. The writings of the epistles are a reminder to the reader that they are expected to live in a certain way. Why? Because they were the children of God, reconciled through the sacrifice of Christ!
Every aspect of the Bible is focused on the point in time of the sacrifice of Christ. We read these details, and are able to see the events of those days, and understand, at least a bit, the what Christ has been willing to do for us!
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