Only Jesus

The Law of Moses (the need to do good things to outweigh the bad, the need to perform, to strive, to tick the boxes so that God is pleased with us) is a shadow of what is here (9:11) and what is to come:-

“The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. ² Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. ³ But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. ⁴ It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.” (Hebrews 10 v 1-4)

The Day of Atonement cannot make us ‘perfect’, nothing of Judaism nor of Islam, Hinduism and all the other religions of the world can deal with the longing of our souls. There is some good in all of the religions and yet none have the answer to the way of salvation. Our most basic need of cleansing, forgiveness, freedom from guilt, fear and loneliness cannot be found in any of the ‘laws’ and not even Church. Nothing can take away sins.

Only Jesus. If you don’t have Jesus then you only have shadows. Only Jesus accomplishes the one great event of all history that takes away sin from a person. It is the distinctive. Everything else is a performance that is only a shadow of the true act. Only Jesus is the one worth praying to. Only Jesus is the one worth worshipping. Everything else is impossible.