"... the priests shall offer your burnt offerings and your peace offerings on the altar; and I will accept you,' says the Lord GOD." Eze 43:27
The priests and the offerings here in Ezekiel and in the Old Testament as a whole were actually a picture of Christ. Christ is the true Priest, He is the true offering for our sins (Heb 3:1, Joh 1:29).
We, in our sins, are totally unacceptable to holy God. That God would accept us is our urgent and pressing need. And here, we read the sweet words "I will accept you,' says the Lord GOD."
But before God will accept us something is imperatively needful. There must be a sacrifice for our sins. And so, the great high priest, the Lord Jesus Christ came with a sacrifice (the sacrifice of Himself as the Lamb of God who would take away our sin).
If we accept His sacrifice for us, if we trust in it then and only then can we hear God's welcome: "I will accept you.'
Do you long to be accepted by God? Then have you trusted in the Savior and His sacrifice on the cross for it?
