EX 10:24 Then Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be detained…
EX 10:25 But Moses said, “You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice them to the LORD our God.
It is ever Satan’s way to convince us that sinners can approach God without God’s appointed sacrifice. You see, Pharaoh would have them approach Holy God without the prescribed sacrifice of God.
And it is still happening today. Millions, in fact billions, are convinced that they are good to go with God without ever seeing the need and the sole importance of the sacrifice of Christ on the cross for their salvation and acceptance with God.
They look at themselves and say: “I am good to go with God.” They look at the cross and they don’t see any need for it.
But it is not so with the enlightened man Moses. He says that it is a “must.” Look at verse 25: “But Moses said, “You MUST also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice them to the LORD our God.”
If Moses and the Israelites heeded Pharaoh’s suggestion, if they went out into the wilderness without a sacrifice, then God’s holiness would have consumed all of them in the wilderness.
If you want to be accepted by God, there is only one way---it is only through the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. The animal sacrifices of the Old Testament were only pictures pointing to the Savior’s ultimate and all-effectual sacrifice.
Trust in what He did on the cross for you and be accepted by God.
