Fri.’s Devo - The Second Coming of Christ

Read Numbers 8:1-9:23, Mark 13:14-37, Ps. 50:1-23, Pr. 10:29-30 The priests and their garments were sanctified and purified with water and sacrifices. They were to represent the first born sons that were taken out for the Lord. The first born represents our fleshly life before our rebirth with Christ. The priests were to be a representation of the sin of man just as Christ as our High Priest became sin for us. The priest was a sinful man chosen by God and because of the sacrifice of blood, they were cleansed to do service to the Lord. We are now priests to God. We have been chosen, saved by the Blood, and cleansed by his Spirit to do service to God. The Passover was one of the most important feasts. They were to practice killing this lamb not breaking its bones, to be eaten with unleavened bread every year. This was the dress rehearsal, because one day, they would see the real drama play out and they needed to know the details so they wouldn’t miss it. They got the details down, but missed the main point. The main point was that Jesus would be the passover lamb that would take away all their sins once and for all. In Mark we read about the abomination that causes desolation standing where it doesn’t belong. This happened when Antiapas Epiphanes entered into the Temple and slaughtered a pig on the altar. It was the most abominable thing he could have done. He wasn’t a priest, he was a heathen, and a pig was considered unclean. What followed was great persecution to the Christians. It will happen again before Jesus comes back. What will follow will be great tribulation. Jesus will gather those who have come to Him during the tribulation. (Our Psalms speaks of this in verse 5.) This is God’s last harvest of the earth. When he said in verse 30 that this generation would not pass away until all this thing have happened he was not speaking of a generation being 40 years. The word used for ‘generation’ is the Greek work ‘genea’ which means ‘the age of time.’ So, time itself will not end until all that Jesus spoke of happens. Lord, we watch for your appearing.