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Devotional: November 1st

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Deuteronomy 21:1-9

Here we see again the judges facing an embarrassing situation! Imagine Israel entering the land and living in its towns. One day a dead body is found in a field. Who is guilty of the murder? Nobody knows. Consequently it is not a question of blood being avenged nor of a city of refuge! However there has to be a guilty party as all shed blood must be avenged. So the elders and the judges work out, by measuring, which is the nearest city. The guilt falls on that city. Is it to be destroyed? No! The grace of God provides a sacrifice by virtue of which He can righteously forgive. We have here a picture of Christ, of His sacrifice, of His death. Jerusalem is the guilty city, the city "that killest the prophets and stonest them which are sent" to it (Matthew 23:37). Her greatest crime was crucifying the Son of God. What a marvel of grace! It is that death which became the righteous way by which God can forgive! In effect in the sacrifice of the heifer, Jesus is also set before us. The One who never knew the yoke of sin (v. 3) descended into the valley of death whence now flows for us that torrent which does not dry up: the eternal grace of the Saviour God (v. 4).

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