Penal substitution does not turn God into a cosmic child abuser. It does not reduce Christ to the passive victim of some divine injustice. It does not pit the Trinity against itself. No, in the God-forsakenness of Christ on the cross, the love of God and the justice of God are revealed on our behalf. United in purpose, Father and Son act in concert to save God’s people. The sinless Son of God bears our sin, and then God pours out the wrath that our sin deserves, and Jesus the Son endures it so that we, who deserve that wrath, might never encounter it. This is the gospel, the good news of the cross, and it calls us to forsake our sin, to turn away from it and embrace Christ, the forsaken one, so that we may not be forsaken.
Michael Lawrence

FEAST of the New Moon

This entry is part 8 of 9 in the series Feasts

Feasts

FEAST of the New Moon

FEAST of the New Moon, The

  1. Held first day of the month # Nu 10:10
  2. Celebrated with blowing of trumpets # Nu 10:10 Ps 81:3,4
  3. Sacrifices at # Nu 28:11-15
  4. A SEASON FOR 4a) Inquiring of God’s messengers

    # 2Ki 4:23

4b) Worship in God’s house # Isa 66:23 Eze 46:1 4c) Entertainments # 1Sa 20:5,18 5) Observed with great solemnity # 1Ch 23:31 2Ch 2:4 8:13 31:3 6) Restored after captivity # Ezr 3:5 Ne 10:33 7) Mere outward observance of, hateful to God # Isa 1:13,14 8) Disliked by the ungodly # Am 8:5 9) The Jews deprived of, for sin # Ho 2:11 10) Observance of, by Christians, condemned # Col 2:16 Ga 4:10

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