April 18
Deuteronomy
10:2: And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables
which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark….5: And I turned myself
and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and
there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
God commanded Moses that the tables of the broken law be put in the
ark. Then Moses turned, came down, and
put the tables in the ark and left them there, as the LORD commanded him.
Christ Jesus is pictured in that ark.
The law that every child of God broke in Adam was in the heart of Christ
Jesus our last Adam. (Ps 40: 8) Christ our Surety magnified the law and made it
honorable by finishing the transgression, by making an end of sins, by making
reconciliation for iniquity, by bringing in everlasting righteousness, by sealing
up the vision and prophecy, by entering the holiest of holies in God’s presence
and anointing it for his people. (Is 42: 21; Da 9: 24) The mercy seat—the
propititation—over the ark was the exact dimensions to cover the broken
law. So Christ our Propitiation exactly
covers all the sins of all his people. (1 Jn 4: 10)
Now, may God the Holy Spirit give us a new heart to do as Moses. When we hear God declare in the gospel that
the law is established in Christ on our behalf may he grant us repentance that
we might turn ourselves and come down; when we hear God declare in the gospel
that only through faith in Christ do we establish the law then may we rest our
responsibility to the law in Christ through faith; as we continue to hear God
declare in the gospel that Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to
everyone that believes then when we think of looking to the law may we look to
Christ and say, “there they be, as the LORD commanded me.” (Rom 3: 28; 10: 4)