“It was no accident, no coincidence, that the seasons came round and round year after year. It was the Lord speaking to us all and showing us over and over again the birth, life, death, and resurrection of his only begotten Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ, our Lord. It was like a best-loved story being told day after day with each sunrise and sunset, year after year with the seasons, down through the ages since time began.” (Francine Rivers)
HOW THE SACRIFICIAL OFFERINGS TEACH US THE WORK OF CHRIST – COME AS A CHILD – LESSON 209
“God works single-mindedly throughout the ages to restore lost humanity to Himself.” – (Alice C. Lindsley)
SIN OFFERINGS – COME AS A CHILD – LESSON 208
“The face is the mirror of the mind, and the eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.” (St. Jerome)
LIVING GUILT-FREE – COME AS A CHILD – LESSON 204
“Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is the most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrong doing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.” (Aldous Huxley; Brave New World)
PEACE OFFERINGS – COME AS A CHILD – LESSON 201
“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, Your God reigns!” (Isaiah 52:7)