Confirmation - 3/30/06

Okay, so I just published the post below this one and loaded the page to make sure everything uploaded. The automated Verse of the Day on the right had the following scripture posted:

5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.

6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.

It's confirmation for me that this was really where God directed me in answer to my prayer to speak to me through His word tonight. This verse is from Isaiah, the Old Testament prophet who told of the coming Christ, the Messiah. Jesus' life - and death - was the fulfillment of that prophecy. His fulfilling that promise meant we didn't have to live by the law of Moses to be holy any longer; like the verse above states he was crushed for OUR iniquities. We can now live under his grace, washed clean in His sight by the power of his blood, the power of his love...