A Sacrifice Was Required

724 Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 2Sa 24:19 So David, according to the word of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded. 20 Now Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming toward him. So Araunah went out and bowed before the king with his face to the ground. 21 Then Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" And David said, "To buy the threshing floor from you, to build an altar to the LORD, that the plague may be withdrawn from the people." (2 Sam 24:19-21) David, following Gad's instructions seeks to build an altar on the threshing floor. Notice how he ties in the sacrifice, to the plague being withdrawn from the people. God had already determined that the plague would be stopped. He had told the angel that “It is enough,” but David didn't know that. All he knew was Gad told him to build an altar and make a sacrifice. When the plague of sin entered the world in the Garden of Eden, God knew that He would one day put a stop to the curse. One Day He would say again, “It is enough!” He told Adam and Eve: Ge 3:15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel." However, a once and for all sacrifice would be required to “withdraw” the plague of sin, and it would require the shedding of blood as foreshadowed by the skins of animals that were provided BY GOD for Adam and Eve's new wardrobe. The ultimate sacrifice to withdraw the plague of sin from the world was God's own Son, Jesus Christ: and when the time was right God sent His Son to that very same threshing floor to pay the price of lifting the plague: Ga 4:4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. Thank You God for the gift of Your Son. And the opportunity to be clothed with the robe of righteousness provided by Jesus. Help us to spread the word that the plague is ended. Move in the hearts of people that they may receive Your free gift of salvation through faith in Jesus.