Every priest stands every day serving and offering the same sacrifices over and over, sacrifices that can never take away sins. But when this priest offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right side of God. Since then, he’s waiting until his enemies are made into a footstool for his feet, because he perfected the people who are being made holy with one offering for all time.
The Holy Spirit affirms this when saying,
This is the covenant that I will make with them. After these days, says the Lord, I will place my laws in their hearts and write them on their minds. And I won’t remember their sins and their lawless behavior anymore.
When there is forgiveness for these things, there is no longer an offering for sin.
Hebrews 10:11-18 CEB
This is why Christmas is filled with Good News.
Christmas occurs within the shadow of the cross.
2000 years ago when Christ was born, the cross was still to come. So give them a break for not fully recognizing the greatness of the small child born in Bethlehem.
We have tried for centuries to earn God's favor. We work hard. We make sacrifices.
All in vain. Forgiveness and connection to God comes through the Cross.
And that journey begins in a manger in Bethlehem.
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