DAILY READINGS: Ezra 8:1-36; Daniel 9:1-27; Revelation 4:1-11
And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it. Exodus 20:25
When the Israelites built an altar, it was to have no hewn stones or steps (verse 26). Pictured in this was God’s complete provision for redemption. He provided the stones, the animal to be sacrificed and there were not even stairs to climb! The message was that no one could approach God through personal effort. In Christ, God came the entire way to earth to reconcile man to Himself. Man cannot work his way to heaven. Salvation is all of
God or not of God! Have you received it? —W. A. Henderson
Thou through deepest tribulation deigned to pass for our salvation;
Thousand, thousand praises be, Lord of Glory unto Thee.
—Author Unknown