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| Eternity - No Beginning No End |
God was setting His plan in motion, but it would take time to bring it to pass.
Many of the things God caused
to happen were for examples and pictures of a Savior who would become the
ultimate sacrifice for the sins of the world.
The prophets often spoke of a Messiah who would become the savior of all
mankind.
From Adam onward there were
faithful men who loved God and refused to worship idols and false gods. One such man named Abraham was promised by
God, to make of him a great nation.
As time went by, there was a great famine in the East, and Abraham's children - - Jacob's family went toEgypt
As time went by, there was a great famine in the East, and Abraham's children - - Jacob's family went to
Exodus chapter 32 tells us of Moses
being raised up to deliver the people from their bondage and after a chain of
events they left Egypt
At God's request Moses climbed
up Mount Sinai , to meet God and to receive the
10 commandments and the law. Most
important was the first two commandments, to only worship God, and not make
with their hands images or worship false gods, and not to take the Name of the Lord God
in vain.
Sorry to say, it did not take
the people very long to break these commandments. The people worried that Moses was gone too
long, and they requested Aaron to fashion a gold calf similar to one of the Egyptian
gods and they danced and worshipped it.
This mutiny caused God to
become furious and He told Moses he would destroy the people because they were
so rebellious. Moses plead with God
not to do this for what would the other nations think, if God just delivered
the people from bondage and then wiped them out? God changed his mind, but (Exodus 32) The Lord plagued the people, because they made the
calf, which Aaron made.
God gave Moses explicit and
precise instructions for a tent tabernacle and details for making the
sacrifices for the sins of the people.
God demanded a blood sacrifice
of an innocent and pure animal to atone for sin.
It was necessary for the people to bring a
sacrifice many times, as they were habitually sinning.
All this was again a picture
of a future event when only ONE sacrifice would be necessary and that one
selected person would voluntarily lay down His life to rescue all who would willingly
come to Him and invite Him into their life.
The prophet Isaiah records:- - 3-7: “He was despised and
rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from
whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he
took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken
by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our
transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought
us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep,
have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid
on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not
open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before
her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.”
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