[CCWoody]

In what manner do you believe that their transgressions were removed, considering that this was 1,000 years before the birth of Jesus? ~ angelo

There is only one way to to be clean and that is if the Lord Himself washes you:


• Psa 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
• Jhn 13:8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.

Remember, I have the whole Book. I know the Person who is doing the washing, you don't. It doesn't matter that the Lord came into this world centuries after David died. The Lord still washed David.

Woody.

[malakhi]

There is only one way to to be clean and that is if the Lord Himself washes you:

Y'know, I actually agree with you here. Even animal sacrifice was not efficacious without repentance (and in pertinent cases, restitution to the wronged), and it was only efficacious because God said that He would accept it for that purpose. The sacrifice was essentially symbolic, not efficacious in and of itself.

It doesn't matter that the Lord came into this world centuries after David died. The Lord still washed David.

This is the answer I typically get to this question. WhatNot's reply was interesting to me because it was taking a different angle. The fact that the passage from the psalm here is in the present (or past) tense doesn't pose any problem to you, even though the act of expiation wasn't made until 1000 years later?