Temple of God

I heard something interesting the other day. A rerun of one of the late Pastor Adrian Roger's sermons was playing early Sunday morning. In the sermon he said that there were no seats for the priests to sit on in the temple. I had never really thought about it before, and it may seem insignificant at first, until we realize that the temple was a typology of the Messiah. The priests never sat down because their work was never finished. There were always new sacrifices to atone for the people's sins. When Christ made His sacrifice, however, He cried "it is finished" and now He sits at the right hand of the Father. He sits, because His sacrificial work truly is over. There is no more need of continued sacrificed, Jesus paid it all!