God’s provision for sin and shame
Of course God knows that we are not perfect. He offers a way out. He wants you to understand that you must not trust in your own ability to make things right. God wants you to put your trust in his provision for sin and shame.

God ordered Moses to build a sanctuary, a beautiful tent in the wilderness in which God would meet with the Israelites, called a tabernacle. The tabernacle was placed in a courtyard surrounded by a fence of linen hangings. This was a picture of how God dwelled in the midst of his people but was separated from them by the fence because of their sin. Inside the tabernacle, there was a Holy Place and a Most Holy Place. Once a year, the high priest would come into the Most Holy Place and sprinkle blood to atone for the sins of the people.

The blood of the animal did not really take away the guilt. But it was a picture of the Savior who would come and who would give his blood as a sacrifice for sins. The sacrifice of the animal reminded the people that sinning was a serious matter and that atonement had to be made for it. A solution was needed so that they could belong to God’s family again. God thus provided a way out of shame, out of loss of face.

This was a temporary arrangement. When the Savior would come, all of this would change. This Savior would make the perfect sacrifice. In the next chapter, we will learn about an important forefather of this Savior - famous king David.