Jesus: The Sinners Refuge

Thursday, September 17, 2015

The Bible tells us in Proverbs 18:10 "The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe." We read in Hebrews 6:18 "That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:" The author is writing to those who knew about the ancient cities of refuge set up by the children of Israel so that any person who might accidently kill another person by negligence or involuntary manslaughter could flee to and be safe from the avenger of blood. These ancient cities were a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. And the author of Hebrews is saying, "Just as those cities were a place of refuge so Jesus is indeed our city of refuge."

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