Entering Jerusalem And Cleansing The Temple
ENTERING JERUSALEM AND CLEANSING THE TEMPLE
After the Savior finished His ministry in Luke 19:27, the time came for Him to go up to Jerusa lem to present Himself to the death ordained by God for the accomplishment of eternal redemp tion. The Lord Jesus made the long journey from Galilee to Jerusalem for the purpose of being put to death. He knew that in Jerusalem He would present Himself to God on the altar. In the book of Leviticus the offerings offered on the altar are types of Christ, and in the New Testament ful fillment the altar is the cross.
The Bible reveals that Christ is not only the offerings, but also the offering Priest to offer the sacrifice to God. This means that He is both the Priest and the offerings. As the offering Priest, He presented Himself to the altar, to the cross. The thought that Christ is both the offering and the Priest is revealed clearly in the Epistle of He brews. In Hebrews we see that Christ is the High Priest who offered Himself to God as the eternal sacrifice (Heb. 9:11, 14). Now in the Gospel of Luke we see that Christ went down from Galilee,