God did not want it!
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:09 pm
I want to show you something huge. I want to show you that many so-called "Christians" have not really understood the gospel.
It's about a verse, it's about a verse that is ignored by many, that hardly anyone thinks about, it's about Hebrews 10:5.
Heb 10:5, (Jesus speaks:) You (God) did not want sacrifice and offering, but you prepared a body for me.
Wait, what? God didn't want the sacrifices? But aren't there like 1000 verses in the Old Testament where God commands sacrifices? Yes, there are. So this is a contradiction in the Bible? No, it is not.
Listen to me. This one verse is truly incredible when you understand it. This one verse explains the whole point of the Old Testament.
When Jesus said that God did not want sacrifices, did Jesus not know the Old Testament with its sacrificial commandments? Of course he did. But then why did he say that God did not want sacrifices? I'm telling you, wanting and commanding are not the same thing. What do I mean by that? When God commanded sacrifice, he did so with the intention of pointing to something. What he wanted was not what he commanded in the Old Testament, but what was to come. So what did God actually want? Read the second half of the verse, because it gives you the answer: "But you have prepared a body for me" Jesus means his own body, the body he sacrificed on the cross. In other words, the sacrifices that God commanded in the Old Testament only served to point to Jesus' death on the cross. The sacrifices in the Old Testament were therefore only shadows of Jesus' sacrifice. God did not want the sacrifices in the Old Testament but they only served as a prophecy because what God actually wanted was the cross.
Please listen to me, because this is very important. What I am trying to explain here is the foundation of the gospel, which is still not understood by many "Christians" today. Because this teaching that "God did not want it" does not only refer to the sacrifices, it refers to the whole Old Testament, it refers to Adam, Eve, the people of Israel, the land of Israel, the temple, etc. The whole Old Testament is only a shadow of the New Testament.
When God saved Israel from Egypt, it was only a shadow of the church, the church that was saved from sin. When God let Israel pass through the parted sea, this was only a shadow of the church that was baptized. When God told Israel to enter the promised land, this was only a shadow of the church that entered in Jesus. When God made Israel eat honey in the promised land, it was only a shadow of the church eating the sweet words of Jesus. When God commanded Solomon to build a temple, it was only a shadow of the church that was built by Jesus. I could name so many more.
Do you understand what I am getting at? Unfortunately, many do not understand it, unfortunately many do not understand the gospel, unfortunately many still live in the shadows. What do I mean by that? What do I mean that many are still living in the shadows? Because many still have their eyes on the worldly land of Israel, because many are still waiting for a third temple. The crusaders went and fought for the "holy land" to "liberate" it but they did not realize that the holy land is free, that the holy land is Jesus Christ. Even today, many "Christians" want a third temple, but they do not realize that the third temple has been there for a long time, that the third temple is the church. And then there are these "Christians" who are in favor of expelling and killing the Palestinians because they take Bible passages from the Old Testament and still think that the old covenant is valid, that carnal Israel is God's people, because they do not understand that the Church is the true Israel. They have never understood the Bible.
It's about a verse, it's about a verse that is ignored by many, that hardly anyone thinks about, it's about Hebrews 10:5.
Heb 10:5, (Jesus speaks:) You (God) did not want sacrifice and offering, but you prepared a body for me.
Wait, what? God didn't want the sacrifices? But aren't there like 1000 verses in the Old Testament where God commands sacrifices? Yes, there are. So this is a contradiction in the Bible? No, it is not.
Listen to me. This one verse is truly incredible when you understand it. This one verse explains the whole point of the Old Testament.
When Jesus said that God did not want sacrifices, did Jesus not know the Old Testament with its sacrificial commandments? Of course he did. But then why did he say that God did not want sacrifices? I'm telling you, wanting and commanding are not the same thing. What do I mean by that? When God commanded sacrifice, he did so with the intention of pointing to something. What he wanted was not what he commanded in the Old Testament, but what was to come. So what did God actually want? Read the second half of the verse, because it gives you the answer: "But you have prepared a body for me" Jesus means his own body, the body he sacrificed on the cross. In other words, the sacrifices that God commanded in the Old Testament only served to point to Jesus' death on the cross. The sacrifices in the Old Testament were therefore only shadows of Jesus' sacrifice. God did not want the sacrifices in the Old Testament but they only served as a prophecy because what God actually wanted was the cross.
Please listen to me, because this is very important. What I am trying to explain here is the foundation of the gospel, which is still not understood by many "Christians" today. Because this teaching that "God did not want it" does not only refer to the sacrifices, it refers to the whole Old Testament, it refers to Adam, Eve, the people of Israel, the land of Israel, the temple, etc. The whole Old Testament is only a shadow of the New Testament.
When God saved Israel from Egypt, it was only a shadow of the church, the church that was saved from sin. When God let Israel pass through the parted sea, this was only a shadow of the church that was baptized. When God told Israel to enter the promised land, this was only a shadow of the church that entered in Jesus. When God made Israel eat honey in the promised land, it was only a shadow of the church eating the sweet words of Jesus. When God commanded Solomon to build a temple, it was only a shadow of the church that was built by Jesus. I could name so many more.
Do you understand what I am getting at? Unfortunately, many do not understand it, unfortunately many do not understand the gospel, unfortunately many still live in the shadows. What do I mean by that? What do I mean that many are still living in the shadows? Because many still have their eyes on the worldly land of Israel, because many are still waiting for a third temple. The crusaders went and fought for the "holy land" to "liberate" it but they did not realize that the holy land is free, that the holy land is Jesus Christ. Even today, many "Christians" want a third temple, but they do not realize that the third temple has been there for a long time, that the third temple is the church. And then there are these "Christians" who are in favor of expelling and killing the Palestinians because they take Bible passages from the Old Testament and still think that the old covenant is valid, that carnal Israel is God's people, because they do not understand that the Church is the true Israel. They have never understood the Bible.