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| Chapter XLI.—The oblation of fine flour was a figure of the Eucharist.
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Chapter XLI.—The oblation of fine
flour was a figure of the Eucharist.
“And the offering of fine flour,
sirs,” I said, “which was prescribed to be presented on
behalf of those purified from leprosy, was a type of the bread of the
Eucharist, the celebration of which our Lord Jesus Christ prescribed, in
remembrance of the suffering which He endured on behalf of those who are
purified in soul from all iniquity, in order that we may at the same time
thank God for having created the world, with all things therein, for the
sake of man, and for delivering us from the evil in which we were, and
for utterly overthrowing2058
principalities and powers by Him who suffered according to His
will. Hence God speaks by the mouth of Malachi, one of the twelve
[prophets], as I said before,2059
about the sacrifices at that
time presented by you: ‘I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord;
and I will not accept your sacrifices at your hands: for, from the rising
of the sun unto the going down of the same, My name has been glorified
among the Gentiles, and in every place incense is offered to My name, and
a pure offering: for My name is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord:
but ye profane it.’2060
[So] He then speaks of those Gentiles, namely us, who in every place
offer sacrifices to Him, i.e., the bread of the Eucharist, and also the
cup of the Eucharist, affirming both that we glorify His name, and that
you profane [it]. The command of circumcision, again, bidding [them]
always circumcise the children on the eighth day, was a type of the true
circumcision, by which we are circumcised from deceit and iniquity
through Him who rose from the dead on the first day after the Sabbath,
[namely through] our Lord Jesus Christ. For the first day after the
Sabbath, remaining the first2061
| 2061 Or, “being the first.” | of all
the days, is called, however, the eighth, according to the number of all
the days of the cycle, and [yet] remains the first.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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