Under the old covenant, sacrifice was constant. Day after day, year after year, blood was shed, yet the work was never complete. Those sacrifices could point to forgiveness, but they could not perfect the conscience or remove sin’s power. They served as reminders that something more was needed. Humanity needed not another offering, but a final one.
Election is never presented in Scripture as a cold doctrine meant to divide, but as a warm assurance meant to steady the soul. It tells us that salvation is not fragile or accidental. What God begins, He completes.
