God is faithful

God is faithful. Even when we are faithless, God is still faithful. He is faithful to His covenant.

Abraham was told by God that he will be father of many. Abraham believed God though he was childless at that time. However, many years after that promise was made, Abraham was still childless. Years later the Lord himself told Abraham that he will have a son by Sarah and Sarah judged God faithful. Then came Isaac.

God sent Moses to deliver His people from the Egyptians. The nine plagues didn't make Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go. But the blood of the sacrificial lamp was able to make Pharaoh let His people go. It wasn't plain sailing though. While trying to get away from the Egyptians, the children of Israel was met with the Red Sea in front of them and the Egyptian army hot on their heels. God is faithful and He caused the Red Sea to part for the children of Israel to cross and later flood the whole Egyptian army.

Because God is faithful and He is love, He sent His only begotten Son to die for the world that through His death, the world will be reconciled back to God. The bible says that whosoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved, and his household.

God is faithful to see that things out to be good for His children. He will make sure that those who put their trust in Him shall not be put to shame. He will alwyays deliver His saints, for He is a faithful God. Look to Jesus for He is everything that we need. Hallelujah!

Remember Jesus

The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not be in want.

The night before the children of Israel left Egypt they partook the roasted lamb that was slain earlier. They are to burn every part of it. They shall eat the whole lamb & burnt whatever that was left. That was the Passover feast.

The Passover feast signified the death of Jesus at the cross. Jesus bore the wrath of God at the cross so that He can divinely exchange His position of righteousness for our position of sin.

The bible says that when the children of Israel Eygpt, there were none feeble & none sick. They were all healthy & whole, both young & old. They were very rich as well because of the favour of God. But why did the children of Israel had to bring along their staffs?

It is a picture for us to remember Jesus at the cross. A reminder of Jesus' finished work at the cross. As beloveds of the most high God, we remember the finished work of Jesus at the cross by partaking the Holy Communion. Be conscious of Jesus' finished work at the cross constantly & see the working miracles of God. Hallelujah!

Shadow versus substance

I had always doubted the purpose of offerings to "God" of other faith. Never really grasp the true purpose of those offerings as well. Always wanted to question the real purpose of these offerings when I was very young but never had the courage to ask for fear of been reprimanded. However, I had always found the whole process meaningless.

Praise be to God that many of my doubts were cleared when I know more about Jesus. Before Christ came, children of Israel had to offer sacrifices to atone for their sins. This was done at the tabernacle of Moses. At the outer court, there was lots of blood shed from the killing of the sacrificial animals. At the holy place, there were three items: the altar of incense, the table of showbread and the candlesticks.

Till today, many religions are still practicing the ritual of sacrificing animals to have a prosperous year. Isn't it strange to see all these rituals so similar with the animal sacrifice during the old covenant days. Probably someone just copied the process but didn't get the true meaning of these rituals.

At the cross, Jesus, the true Lamb of God had completed the animal sacrifice to God, once and for all. The Lion of Judah had finished a finished work at the cross. It is completed complete! The true substance had come! All those sacrificial rituals are just a shadow, they are just representation of the true substance.

So, today, we just need to behold Jesus and His finished work and proclaim our blessings in Him. For Jesus is the true substance.