Upon This Rock (14): Robbing Christ of His Honor (6)
This article from the "Upon This Rock" series examines whether Old Testament believers understood the connection between sacrificial types and Christ's redemptive work, specifically exploring how the expiatory sacrifice and messianic prophecy were linked in the minds of ancient saints. Doezema engages with Ophoff's theological analysis to demonstrate that believers of the old covenant possessed both prophetic pictures and prophetic words pointing to Christ's sufferings and death, addressing the question of whether these revelations were consciously unified in their faith.
Previous article in this series: September 1, 2013, p. 472. Previous article in this short series was concluded with a question: "The saints of old did have prophetic types, and they were not without the prophetic word, but can it be demonstrated that they linked them?" The prophetic type under consideration was the expiatory sacrifice, which taught the believer that sin, his sin, must somehow be atoned for. Burdened with the crushing weight of his sin, the believer turned to the sacrifice...
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