The Sacrifice made void

In the Old Testament, the Jews were required to bring a sacrifice to the tabernacle once year to roll back there sin. They were required to bring a "spotless" lamb to be sacrificed for this sins of the family. This sacrifice was not a complete cleansing sacrifice. It only covered one year. The sacrifice had to be made each year. The problem with this was that it was insufficient to meet the righteous requirements needed to be in the presence of God. Something had to change in order for man to be made righteous in Gods sight.

God had made the way, before all the world was set in motion. He knew that man would sin and there would be a need for a savior. Jesus, became that Way. The book of Hebrews says that Christ was a "once, for all" sacrifice. He would cover the sin completely for all time. It was by His death, burial and resurrection that this was made possible. This is what is referred to as "The Gospel" or the good news. The Bad news, being, that all have sinned and fall short of Gods standard. God showed us His standard in the Ten Commandments. If you fail at even one point of the law, the book of James says that you become guilty of the whole law. So even ONE lie, brings the sentence of death upon you. The Gospel shows the way out.

When Jesus came and gave His life for mankind, he did away with the old way. No more would man need to bring a sacrifice. They would simply need to admit, confess and turn form all their sin (repent) and place their full trust in Christ to save them. Jesus Sacrifice voided the old sacrificial process. It became about God working in man by Grace, rather than man working to earn Grace from God. No one can do good, no matter how hard we try. It is only by the saving power of Christ, that we are made right is God's sight.