The altar is where the lamb’s blood is sprinkled for us, where the flesh of the offering is burned and becomes nothing, so that only blood and ashes remain. In the Old Testament, the Israelites offered several types of offerings to God: the burnt offering, grain offering, peace offering, and sin offering. If we start reading from Leviticus 1, we can see that all these offerings were given at the altar. For the burnt offering, the skin of the lamb or cow is removed, and their

I did not receive grace before God because I sinned less, worked hard, put in a lot of effort, or because I diligently volunteered. It was all up to God, who saved a dirty and filthy sinner like me. Even after salvation, I was still weak and lacking, and I had a lot of flaws. But God constantly loved me, protected me, and led me. God led me so I could stand strong before him. The power to overcome sin is also not through my determination or my will. Because God gave me the st

When we look at the lamb that shed its blood on the altar and burned, when we see its blood being poured under the altar, we can see Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who died on the cross. The first thing God did was pour his grace on us so we could be forgiven of our sins. God had to do 100% of the work of washing our sins for us to perfectly receive the grace of salvation. Not even 1% of our effort or hard work is included in the work of saving us. Salvation is only 100% fulfi

In Luke 23, the robber on the cross received salvation. He was hanging on the cross and dying, so he was unable to do anything to receive salvation. Also, if we look at the story of the man who met robbers as he was going down to Jericho from Jerusalem, he also did not do a single thing to receive salvation. Only the Samaritan worked hard and paid the price. In John 8, the woman who was caught cheating on her husband should have been stoned to death. But she received grace an