Jesus reveals what had been previously overlooked

Have you ever looked for something so intently that you completely missed it? That is similar to what happened to the Jewish leaders in Jesus’ day. They were familiar with the Law of Moses which had a vast number of rules and regulations but completely misunderstood the one to whom it all pointed … Jesus Christ.

In this passage we find Jesus teaching them about himself from an illustration about old and new wineskins. The Old Testament Jewish laws were like the old wineskins. Jesus himself is like the new wine. What he was coming to accomplish could only be fully understood in the light of his death on the cross as THE sacrifice. This was the new teaching of God’s grace which changed everything.