According to this order the Magi either arrived a few days before the purification or they came on January 6; but in neither case can we understand why the Holy Family should have offered the sacrifice of the poor, after receiving the offerings of the Magi. Moreover, the first Evangelist ...
God, as you lead me into all righteousness. I thank you for Jesus. Today, I fully accept His sacrifice. I accept the full price He paid is more than enough. There is nothing else that I — or Jesus — owe. It is finished. Thank you that the blood ...
Jesus spent some time teaching and debating (Mark 12) and also told his disciples that theTemplewould be destroyed (Mark 13:1–2). On one of the days of purification prior to the Passoversacrificeand meal, he performed his most dramatic symbolic action. He entered the part of the temple...
I recognize that the following verse in Daniel pertains to the times of the “Tribulation,” and the people (saints) referenced are the Jewish people, but it does give us insight we can use into the workings of Satan. As long as he is the “prince of this world,” he will do all h...
Because Jesus loved us, He was willing to sacrifice His life for us. He suffered and died on a cross because He knew that was the only way we could join Him in heaven. We may not be asked to literally give up our lives for someone else, but we can still love like Jesus by sacri...
(Isaiah 53) and the Lord has laid on Him the chastisement that has made us whole. His flow of blood will stanch the flow of our sin in His mercy. As the last verse of Psalm 119, all on God’s Law: “I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not ...
I struggle with self sacrifice for those who are truly in need. He came to save me from my sins. From the older children came these words: Instead of responding to inquiries with openness and compassion, I respond with anger and then point out mistakes. ...
Closely related to the theme of Christ's righteousness and holiness is Jesus, the perfect Sacrifice, Jesus the Lamb of God, "a lamb without blemish or defect" (1 Peter 1:19).John the Baptist is preaching a message of repentance and baptism for the forgiveness of sins. Thousands have come...
1about presenting our bodies as a living sacrifice and think it is something we are doing or being by our religious adherence. However, the answer comes later inRomans 12:5. If we would just take that verse to heart, then we would not have this self-centric – I mean Christian-centric...
“And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing ofabominationsshall come one who makesdesolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.” ...