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| Chapter XL.—He returns to the Mosaic laws, and proves that they were figures of the things which pertain to Christ.
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Chapter XL.—He returns to the Mosaic
laws, and proves that they were figures of the things which pertain to Christ.
“The mystery, then, of the lamb
which God enjoined to be sacrificed as the passover, was a type of
Christ; with whose blood, in proportion to their faith in Him, they
anoint their houses, i.e., themselves, who believe on Him. For that the
creation which God created—to wit, Adam—was a house for
the spirit which proceeded from God, you all can understand. And that
this injunction was temporary, I prove thus. God does not permit
the lamb of the passover to be sacrificed in any other place than where
His name was named; knowing that the days will come, after the suffering
of Christ, when even the place in Jerusalem shall be given over to your
enemies, and all the offerings, in short, shall cease; and that lamb
which was commanded to be wholly roasted was a symbol of the suffering of
the cross which Christ would undergo. For the lamb,2055
| 2055 Some think this particularly refers to
the paschal lamb, others to any lamb which is roasted. | which
is roasted, is roasted and dressed up in the form of the cross. For one
spit is transfixed right through from the lower parts up to the head, and
one across the back, to which are attached the legs of the lamb. And the
two goats which were ordered to be offered during the fast, of which one
was sent away as the scape [goat], and the other sacrificed, were
similarly declarative of the two appearances of Christ: the first, in
which the elders of your people, and the priests, having laid hands on
Him and put Him to death, sent Him away as the scape [goat]; and His
second appearance, because in the same place in Jerusalem you shall
recognise Him whom you have dishonoured, and who was an offering for all
sinners willing to repent, and keeping the fast which Isaiah speaks of,
loosening the terms2056
of the violent contracts, and
keeping the other precepts, likewise enumerated by him, and which I have
quoted,2057
which those believing in Jesus do. And further, you are aware
that the offering of the two goats, which were enjoined to be sacrificed
at the fast, was not permitted to take place similarly anywhere else, but
only in Jerusalem.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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