Sabbath: Christ, Our Sacrifice
Read for This Week’s Study: Isa. 53:2-12, Heb.2:9, Heb. 9:26-28, Heb. 9:12, Exod. 12:5,Heb.4:15.
Memory Text: “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed” (1 Peter 2:24, NASB).
Catholic Priest Maximilian Kolbe was imprisoned in Auschwitz for providing shelter to refugees from Greater Poland, including 2,000 Jews. When a prisoner in his barracks vanished (perhaps he escaped), the SS picked 10 prisoners to be starved to death in reprisal. One of the selected men cried out, “Oh, my poor wife, my poor children. I shall never see them again.” At that point Kolbe offered himself in the man’s place; that is, he asked that he be the one to starve, not the distraught family man. The surprised SS officer agreed, and Kolbe joined the ranks of the doomed while the other man survived (at least for the time being).
However moving, Kolbe’s sacrifice is only a shadow of the One who willingly took our place, an act symbolized in the sanctuary service. The New Testament identifies Jesus with the two major aspects of the Old Testament sacrificial system: He is our sacrifice ( Hebrews 9, 10), and He is our High Priest ( Hebrews 5-10).
This week we will study different aspects of Christ’s ultimate sacrifice and see what His once-and-for-all death has provided for us.
Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, November 16.
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This lesson has opened my eyes as there is a lot that I was not awere of.
The Bible text today is powerful: "for by His wounds you were healed." What wounds? Well, His feet, side, hands, heart, and head. These were represented in the articles of the sanctuary. The altar of sacrifice, water basin, candle stick, altar of incense, table of shewbread, and the ark of testimony. Wow!!!