Episode 809: How to Sacrifice

Exodus 27:1-2 "And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass."

When the brass became hot with the altar-fires, the charring of the wood inside could not be seen on the outside. this symbolizes the inner sufferings of Christ that no one could see.

"Christ therefore having suffered in the flesh, be you also armed with the same thought: for he that hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from sins" (I Peter 4:1). Most Christians have seen only the external sufferings of Jesus on the cross. They have no idea about the the inner sufferings that our Lord endured during His earthly life, as He faced different situations and tempted each day.

"For we have not a high priest, who can not have compassion on our infirmities: but one tempted in all things like as we are, without sin." (Hebrews 4:15)