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Wedding Garments and Oil Lamps – The Blood and the Bride (Part 4)

January 6, 2018

The wedding feast, of course, was a joyous occasion. Unless the couple was direly poor, both dressed as royalty. They wore resplendent robes, sparkling jewels, and polished crowns. If the father of the bridegroom was exceptionally prosperous, he would even furnish festive robes to the guests. Imagine the consternation of a king who had graciously supplied something that his guest refused to wear! As our parents were robed of God in animal skins, so we have need to be clothed with Christ. His garments have been given to us, but we have to put them on.

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The Sprinkling of the Holy Spirit – The Blood of Sprinkling (Part 8)

June 24, 2017

The leper that was to be cleansed had to bring a log of oil as one of his offerings.[1] It was from this oil that the altar was sprinkled and the leper anointed.[2] The offering became the anointing. Now, if we see in this oil the Holy Spirit, this may seem confusing. How could one “offer up” the Holy Spirit? And having offered it up, how could one then anoint with it? Strange as this might seem, it is exactly what the Lord Jesus did.

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The Cleansing of the Leper – The Blood of Sprinkling (Part 4)

May 27, 2017

Like the scapegoat on the Day of Atonement,[1] these two birds represent one sacrifice, but since they couldn’t kill a bird and bring it back to life again, two birds had to be used. One died as a result of sin; the other was set free, representing the liberty we have when our sins have been washed away.

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