Upon This Rock (27): Robbing Christ of His Honor (19)
Don Doezema examines how Christ fulfilled and abolished the ceremonial laws of the Old Testament, particularly focusing on how the breaking down of the "middle wall of partition" (Ephesians 2) enabled the inclusion of Gentiles into the church without requiring adherence to Jewish ceremonial practices. Through exegetical analysis of passages like Psalm 51:16 and the Council of Jerusalem, the author demonstrates how Old Testament types and shadows were fulfilled in Christ's cross, liberating the church from the constraints of Mosaic ceremonial law.
Previous article in this series: February 15, 2016, p. 227. (Note: Because it has been almost a year since the last article in this series appeared in print, a quick reminder of where we were at might be helpful. We were considering the types and shadows of the old dispensation. We noted that David, in Psalm 51:16, though reflecting first of all on the place of sacrifices in his own day, was also saying something about their end in the dispensation to come. A remarkable prophecy, we said,...
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