First Christian Voices: Practices of the Apostolic Fathers

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Jesus Christ from the dead and gave Him glory” ( 1 Pet 1:21 ) and a throne at His right hand. To Him all things “in heaven and on earth are subject” ( Phil 2:10; Col 1:20 ). It is He that every spirit serves. He comes as the Judge of the living and the dead. His blood will God require of those who do not believe in Him. But He who raised Him up from the dead will raise us up also if we do His will and walk in His commandments. Type of Isaac B arnabas 7: Understand, then, you children of gladness, that the good Lord has shown all things to us beforehand, that we might know to whom we should render thanksgiving and praise for everything. If therefore the Son of God, who is Lord of all things and who will judge the living and the dead, suffered so that His beating might give us life, then let us believe that the Son of God could not have suffered except for our sakes. Moreover, when fixed to the cross He had been given vinegar and gall to drink. Listen to how the priests of the temple gave previous indications about this. His commandment was written that, “whoever did not keep the fast should be put to death” ( Lev 23:29 ). The Lord instructed this because He also was to offer the vessel of the Spirit in sacrifice for our sins in order that the type established in Isaac when he was offered on the altar might be fulfilled. What, then, does He say in the Prophet? “And let them eat of the goat which is offered at the fast for all their sins.” 4 Now pay attention, “And let all the priests alone eat the unwashed C hristological T ypologies

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