Precious Blood

I am told that there were 1246 animal sacrifices per year in the Old Testament, year after year, after year. This would not count the individual sacrifices for each individual person or family. When Solomon dedicated the Temple there were 22,000 Oxen and 120,000 Sheep slaughtered and offered in sacrifice to God. Old Testament worship was bloody! The Hebrew writer tells us that all of this blood was just a shadow, not the form. He tells us that these sacrifices could not cleans the conscience, they were but a reminder. He then tells us that it was impossible for all of this blood to take away the sin. (Heb. 10:1-4) Two lessons came to mind as I reflected on these verse for a while. First, they give definition to Peter’s statement about the blood of Christ when he calls it "precious" blood. The blood-letting stops at Calvary. "For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified" Heb. 10:14 NASB. Second, God is not in the "remembering sin" business, so why should we be? How many are walking around totally burdened down with their past. Sins and actions that were forgiven years ago, can still entangle us, and cause us to forget who we are in Christ. "And their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more. Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin." Heb. 10:17,18 NASB). Thank you Father for your wonderful grace. Help us to believe it is really as good as You say it is.