마태복음(Mat) 12장

23.02.17

6. 내가 너희에게 이르노니 성전보다 더 큰이가 여기 있느니라

6. I tell you that something (one) greater than the temple is here.

7. 나는 자비를 원하고 제사를 원치 아니하노라 하신 뜻을 너희가 알았더면 무죄한 자를 죄로 정치 아니하였으리라

7. If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

8. 인자는 안식일의 주인이니라 하시니라

8. For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

According to Genesis 3, God didn't get Cain's sacrifice, the reason is that he was not right, though he offered some meat that he had hunted. It must have been a hard work for him to catch animals and skin off and make them apart. Vice versa, Abel's grain offering seems easier and lighter than Cain's. If I were God, I'd have loved to receive and enjoy the meat than the grains;)

However, my righteous Father God, didn't accept it and couldn't stand it (the unrighteous offering) any more, and He refused it, which led to the killing of his own brother, Abel. Accordingly, it became the first murdering of all mankind, and it triggered the flawless and absolute sacrifice, that is, the crucifixion of Jesus for all mankind. 

God desires mercy, not sacrifice. Even though I offer Him tenth, thanks offerings, and many more, if I do not have mercy on others, with my behaviors unright and my mind full of sins, He would not be accpeting them and He would refuse them all, including my soul. Father, let me read Your mind and make it fullfilled through my life, and let me please You with all my offering as well. Amen.