There’s a very important point from this portion of Scripture I want to share with you today. You see, under the Old Covenant, sins could only be ‘atoned’ for with the blood of animals. The word ‘atone’ means ‘to cover.’ Consequently, it was possible for sins to be remembered or ‘uncovered’ after some time. What we have in the New Covenant is the ‘remission’ of sins, which means that every record of sin against us has been completely erased. Now you can see the great difference between the two. Thank God for the New Testament!
The children of Israel were separated from God whenever they sinned, but today, God, through Christ, is “…reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them…” (2 Corinthians 5:19). He’s no longer counting men’s sin against them. So no man is beyond redemption.
In the Old Testament, there were times God couldn’t come into the camp of the children of Israel because of their sins, but in the New Testament, Jesus Christ is the sacrifice for man’s sins. It doesn’t matter how many or how bad your sins, God in Christ has completely dealt with the problem of sin. If you’ll only ask Him to, He’ll completely cleanse you of all unrighteousness.
God is totally committed to man because of the blood of His Son Jesus, shed for all on the cross of Calvary. No wonder the Bible says that the blood of Jesus “…speaketh better things than that of Abel” (Hebrews 12:24). The blood of Abel cried out for vengeance, but the blood of Jesus cries out for mercy. This blood not only cries for mercy over sin, it also cries for healing and health over sickness, prosperity over poverty and success over failure, Hallelujah!
