“If his holocaust offering is from the flock that is, a sheep or a goat, [the priest] must bring a male without blemish. This he shall slaughter before the Lord at the north side of the altar. Then Aaron’s sons, the priest, shall splash its blood on the sides of the altar”
(Leviticus 1:10-11).
Some believe the Old Testament religion was a bloody one.
They are right.
The blood of bulls and goats
flowed from the Hebrew altar day after day
after day
to atone for sins.
Some think the New Testament religion is less bloody.
They are wrong.
The blood bath of animals
was only a shadow
of the substance
to unfold
two thousand years later
on Calvary.
There
the blood of God
dripped from His face,
His arms,
His side,
to cleanse our sins.
And
within the seamless folds of eternity
it still flows
each time
we reject
we reject
His commandments.
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