The Old Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom, Mentor's Guide, MG09

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Aaron, and yet surpasses it through the priesthood in the order of Melchizedek, whose order was eternal, unchangeable, perfect, and final.

• Give knowledge of how Jesus Christ fulfills in meaning and substance all the offerings associated with the Temple sacrifices: the whole burnt offering is a type of Jesus’ own free will offering of himself to God; the meal offering is a type of Jesus’ own presentation and dedication of his life and sufferings to God acceptable to him in every respect; the peace offering is a type of Jesus Christ himself who is our peace with God and with one another; the sin offering is a type of Jesus Christ who became sin for us by bearing our offense and penalty on the Cross; the trespass offering is a type of how Jesus is both propitiation for our sins as well as cleansing and provision for us to live a new life. • Explain how Jesus is the antitype in terms of the meaning of Israel’s feasts, festivals, and convocations: in the Feast of the Passover , Jesus is our Paschal Lamb whose blood cleanses and redeems us; in the Feast of Unleavened Bread , Jesus is the one who inspires our walk in holiness before him, and not in malice or evil living; in the Feast of First Fruits , Jesus is the first fruits of the coming harvest of new humanity to be redeemed for God; in the Feast of Pentecost , Jesus is the one who with the Father pours out his Holy Spirit upon the Church in this present age; in the Feast of Trumpets , Jesus is the one who will return and regather his people for redemption and blessing; in the Day of Atonement , Jesus is both the High Priest and the sacrifice offered to God in the heavenly Tabernacle for our sin; in the Feast of Tabernacles , Jesus is the one who will regather his people at his Second Coming for glorification and rest.

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Devotion

1 Cor. 10.1-11 - I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, [2] and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, [3] and all ate the same spiritual food, [4] and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. [5] Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. [6] Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. [7] Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” [8] We must not indulge in sexual

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