Sunday, April 13
He entered into the holy place, not with the blood of goats and of young bulls, but with his own blood, once for all time, and obtained an everlasting deliverance for us.—Heb. 9:12.
After Jesus was resurrected, he entered the Most Holy of the spiritual temple. Here we can clearly see the superiority of Jehovah’s arrangement for pure worship based on the ransom sacrifice and the priesthood of Jesus Christ. The high priest in Israel entered a man-made Most Holy with the blood of animal sacrifices, but Jesus entered “into heaven itself,” the holiest place of all, to appear before Jehovah. There he presented the value of his perfect human life in our behalf “to do away with sin through the sacrifice of himself.” (Heb. 9:24-26) Whether our hope is heavenly or earthly, we all can worship Jehovah in his spiritual temple. w23.10 28 ¶13-14
Memorial Bible reading: (Daytime events: Nisan 14) Luke 22:66-71
Monday, April 14
Let us, then, approach the throne of undeserved kindness with freeness of speech.—Heb. 4:16.
Think about Jesus’ role in the heavens as our reigning King and sympathetic High Priest. Through him we can approach God’s “throne of undeserved kindness” in prayer and ask for mercy and help “at the right time.” (Heb. 4:14, 15) May we never let a day pass without reflecting on what Jehovah and Jesus have done and are doing for us. Their love for us should touch our heart deeply and compel us to be zealous in our service and worship. (2 Cor. 5:14, 15) One of the best ways to show our appreciation is to help others become Witnesses of Jehovah and disciples of Jesus. (Matt. 28:19, 20) This is what the apostle Paul did. He knew that Jehovah’s will is that “all sorts of people should be saved and come to an accurate knowledge of truth.”—1 Tim. 2:3, 4. w23.10 22-23 ¶13-14
Memorial Bible reading: (Daytime events: Nisan 15) Matthew 27:62-66
Tuesday, April 15
Death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore.—Rev. 21:4.
Many of us use this heartwarming Bible passage about life in Paradise when preaching to others. How can we assure others—and ourselves—that the blessings described at Revelation 21:3, 4 will come true? Jehovah not only made this heartwarming promise but also provided convincing reasons why we can put our trust in it. We find reasons to trust in Jehovah’s promise of Paradise in the verses that follow. There we read: “The One seated on the throne said: ‘Look! I am making all things new.’ Also he says: ‘Write, for these words are faithful and true.’ And he said to me: ‘They have come to pass! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.’”—Rev. 21:5, 6a. w23.11 3 ¶3-5
Memorial Bible reading: (Daytime events: Nisan 16) Luke 24:1-12