Do I Even Begin to Fathom This?
Do I even faintly grasp what Jesus Christ has accomplished for me? When God led Israel out of Egypt, He gave a strange and weighty command: every firstborn belongs to Me. The first to break the womb—man or beast—was consecrated. The firstborn son stood, in a sense, as priest of the household. Life itself, at its very beginning, was claimed by God. And yet, alongside this consecration, there was sacrifice. Lambs—countless lambs—were offered. Innocent lives, given in place of the guilty. Blood was shed so that others might live. Generation after generation, the rhythm continued: offering, atonement, remembrance. But all of this was pointing somewhere. In the fullness of time, Jesus Christ enters—not merely as another firstborn, but as the Firstborn of all creation . In Him, what was once divided is brought into unity. He is not only the priest. He is not only the lamb. He is both— the one who offers and the one who is offered . This changes everything. For in Christ, God does...