THE BLOOD OF YEHOSHUA HAS JUSTIFIED US

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with Elohim  through our Master Yehoshua ha’Mashiach.”- Romans 5:1

            To understand justification, we must first  really know in our hearts that we are guilty. The Torah declarers us all guilty.

“ For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of Elohim.”- Romans 3:23

Yehovah’s standards are very high requiring  perfection and holiness. No one can come to the Father without being cleansed first. What can we bring to Yehovah to make us acceptable to Him? In the First Covenant, innocent animals were killed and their blood was applied on the altar. The High Priest went into the Holy of Holies with blood.  He had bells on the bottom of the garment so that he could be heard when he was inside. The belles spoke of proclamation, and the pomegranate spoke of the Torah. There are 613 seeds in that fruit, and there are, according to the rabbis, 613 commandments in the Torah.

            The point is that Yehovah wants obedience not only worship.  No one was allowed to go inside the Most Holy Place, except the High Priest once a year to atone for  his own sins first, and then for those of the congregation.  He had to be cleansed from his sin first, by offering and applying the blood of an animal,  or his life was in danger. Why is this? Because the penalty of our sin brings forth death.  Yehovah is so Holy that His holiness would kill anyone who is in sin.  Blood had to be shed daily to teach them of the gravity of their sin and to cover their iniquity.  However,  

“ For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.” -Romans 10:4

All those sacrifices were a shadow of the real acceptable Perfect Sacrifice of the Perfect Lamb of Elohim, Who would take away the sin of the world by dying only once.   

“But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of Elohim.” - Hebrews 10:12

Yehoshua sacrifice has made us righteous and declares  us believers not guilty (2 Cor. 5:21).  Are you righteous? His Blood will cleanse you if you repent of your sin. You need to believe in Yehoshua as the Only Sacrifice capable of removing all your sins. To repent is to acknowledge your sin, and to forsake it. Repentance does not give you the license to continue in your sin after you confess it. It means a complete change of heart and  life style.  So now, repent, be forgiven and Yehovah will accept you.