y little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
was it expected that they would never be necessary? or was it expected that they would be absolutely necessary.
there are daily sacrifices commanded. there are sacrifices required to cleanse the very altar that the subsequent sacrifices are made on, and to purify the priests who will make them. blood, blood, blood everywhere.
we know the law was a schoolmaster ((Galatians 3 again)): what's all that blood and inescapably required atonement supposed to be teaching Israel? that observance of the law would justify them before God?
nope
so this speaks of Christ, emphatically. of salvation by grace through faith, apart from works.
God dismissed their fig leaves as insufficient, shed blood Himself, and made them coverings, Himself. Salvation is not our work but God's ♥
we have an Advocate
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