Saturday, January 28 by Pamela

Today's passage from the Chronological Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Genesis 46-47

Today's scripture focus is Hebrews 7:18-22

¹⁸ The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless ¹⁹ (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
²⁰ And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath, ²¹ but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him:
“The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind:
‘You are a priest forever.’”^[a]
22 Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

What stuck out for me was that "law [makes] nothing perfect". I think our society's laws change to reflect the issues and problems of society and as new ones are created, the old ones are cast aside. Laws that are made by man are not perfect, there are loopholes and ways to get around what the law says. The fact that the laws of society can change reflect that imperfection.

I love that God is unchanging. He is the same today, yesterday, and tomorrow. He is perfect. Jesus was the plan from the start. Jesus was not a change in the plan, Jesus was the plan.

Tomorrow's scripture focus: Hebrews 7:23-25

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage passage: Genesis 48-50