To What Purpose Is the Multitude of Your Sacrifices Unto Me? Saith the Lord - Part 1378

"For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him." (II Chronicles 16:9)

The old testament -- the first covenant was full of ordinances and laws [commandments] intended to show people the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. (Exodus 18:20)

"That they may walk in My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be My people, and I will be their God." (Ezekiel 11:20)
But a time came when the hearts of the people instead walked after the heart of their detestable things, and their abominations and the Lord said, "I will recompense their way upon their own heads," saith the Lord God."(Ezekiel 11:20-21)

 And when that time came, the Lord had His fill of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and He delighted not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. To the point wherein He asked, "To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me?" saith the Lord. (Isaiah 1:11)

Moreover, the Lord told them to "bring no more vain oblations." Why?

Because "incense is an abomination unto Me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates. They are a trouble unto Me; I am weary to bear [them]. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood." (Isaiah 1:13-15)

Still, in the midst of seeming chaos, the Lord had a plan for those who love Him. That is, His eyes run to and fro throughout the whole earth to help those whose heart is perfect toward Him." (II Chronicles 16:9) Those who love Him with all their heart, soul, mind and strength (and understanding).

Indeed, the Lord says, "Come now, and let us reason together ... though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat of the good of the land." (Isaiah 1:18-19)

And as we see in the new testament, after Jesus shed His precious blood on the cross for you and I, His invitation still stands. He is still inviting us to come to the most elaborate wedding feast of all time.

This is why Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man comes to the Father but by Me.If ye had known Me, ye should have known My Father also, and from henceforth ye know Him and have seen Him." (John 14:6-7)

In the old covenant, the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest while as the first tabernacle was yet standing -- which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience.

But He said, "A new covenant, He hath made the first old." (Hebrews 8:3)

And when the first decays and waxed old, ready to vanish away, Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands (that is to say, not of this building), neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place having obtained eternal redemption for us. (Hebrews 9:11-12)

"And for this cause He is the mediator of the new testament that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead; otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator lives. Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood." (Hebrews 9:15-18)

This is why it was necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these, for Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us ... so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear a second time -- but this time without sin unto salvation.

Yes, the second time He will appear in full glory as the King of kings and Lord of lords, the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.  As Peter (standing with the eleven) on the day of Pentecost so clearly proclaimed, "This same Jesus whom ye have crucified is both Lord and Christ." (Acts 2:36-38)

Stand in the offering plate.