Read: Ezekiel 18:1-19:14; Hebrews 9:1-10; Psalm 106:32-48; Proverbs 27:10
In Ezekiel, God dealt with many of their “sayings”. One of them was: “The fathers eat sour grapes and the children’s teeth are set on edge.” It is like the saying we say: “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” God was not pleased with this because he wanted them to know that they didn’t have to be the product of their parents, they should choose to change and make their own decisions. We don’t have to be the product of our parents, we can choose to become a new creature in Christ.
They didn’t have Jesus, but they had the Father and he wanted them to know that they were responsible for their own sins. Even then, God was explaining that they could have a new heart and a new spirit.
In Hebrews, the writer explained the process of the first covenant and the significance of the furniture in the tabernacle. Everything about the old covenant was strategic and symbolic of the new covenant that Jesus would bring. It was a shadow of the the better. The old covenant was not able to clear the conscience of the people but the new covenant would.
Lord, thank you for the new covenant that makes us clean on the outside and the inside. Thank you for the blood of Jesus.
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