Some thoughts from Dick McLeish in response to today's Chronological Bible study readings:

As I was reading and meditating on this morning's passage, I could not
help but think of Jesus on the cross as the ultimate sin offering. The
blood of the sacrifice was touched onto each of the four corner horns and
the rest of it poured out at the base. On the cross, Jesus' blood touched
all four areas through his head, hands, and feet, and then the sword was
driven into his side which poured out the rest at the base of the cross.
The cross was the ultimate altar of sacrifice, consecrated and purified by
His blood. So what about us? We are told to pick up our cross daily. We
are instructed to be a living sacrifice, not conformed to this world, but
transformed in the renewing of our minds, To die to self and become a new
creation in Christ. Every part of our lives needs to touch the cross with
our offering, we need to be completely poured out for Him.