“Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar”— Psalms 118:27.
IN this prophetic psalm, which depicts our Lord’s entrance into Jerusalem when acclaimed as the promised Son of David, with His rejection as the Stone set at Naught, following, we have the only passage in Scripture that indicates the specific use of the horns of the sacrificial altar. To these the victim was bound in order to be slain. The Lord was bound to the cross where He offered up Himself as a propitiation for our sins by the cords of love (Hos. 11:4), love to the Father (John 14:31), and love for the Church (Eph. 5:25); yes, love for Israel too who rejected Him, and love for this poor lost world. What response have we made to that love?
“‘Twas love that sought Gethsemane,
Or Judas ne’er had found Thee;
‘Twas love that held Him to the tree
Or iron ne’er had bound Thee.
‘Twas love that lived, ‘twas love that died
With endless life to bless us;
Well hast Thou won Thy blood bought Bride,
Worthy art Thou, Lord Jesus!”