The Sacrificial System which forshadowed the perfect salvation of Jesus

The Sacrificial System which forshadowed the perfect salvation of Jesus` Baptism and Crucifixion

Every act of God towards human beings is done out of His love for us, but we can`t see this because we are born in sin, so we don`t understand or believe in Him correctly.

However when we read God`s Word through the lens of the gospel of the water and the Spirit, we can see that He is Just and true in all His judgements.

In the Old Testament God gave the Israelites the Law which pointed out their sins and the judgement for sins, however He did not leave them in this state.

He then established the sacrificial system which permitted them to receive the remission of their daily and yearly sins by performing the laying on of hands to transfer their sins onto a sacrifice which was then killed, and its blood shed for the atonement of their sins (Leviticus 1:1-9, 16:21).

All the details of the tabernacle from the bronze laver to the utensils and even the structure itself, all foreshadowed how Jesus would come to this world and redeem us through His baptism, death and resurrection.

As the sacrificial Lamb of God, Jesus was baptized in the form of the laying on of hands by the High Priest John the Baptist in order to receive our sins upon His body. This is why He went to the cross and shed His blood to make atonement for our sins that He received at His baptism and He rose from the dead the third day.

Now by understanding the design and the purpose of the Tabernacle in relation to the baptism and blood of Jesus, we can come to believe in and dwell in the perfect love of God by receiving the forgiveness of all our past, present and even future sins!!!

We can finally confess, without any doubt, that we have become those who are without sin by faith in His righteousness, as it is written in Isaiah 53:6,
"All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him (Jesus) the iniquity of us all.

Praise be to God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!