tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261814012053869943.post105313806705193414..comments2023-10-09T03:39:02.388-06:00Comments on Expository Lutheran: Shadow of good things to come.Bror Ericksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06913133289813136695noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261814012053869943.post-17339287447671190592009-12-02T13:41:27.056-07:002009-12-02T13:41:27.056-07:00Jonathan,
So they expected a Messiah, though what ...Jonathan,<br />So they expected a Messiah, though what they expected in that Messiah wasn't always anything near what he turned out to be. But in the end I think as clouded as it all may have been their rested their salvation in a loving God who forgives sins.Bror Ericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913133289813136695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261814012053869943.post-44778811282173041652009-12-02T12:55:22.733-07:002009-12-02T12:55:22.733-07:00Like Hebrews says, the OT sacrifices had to keep o...Like Hebrews says, the OT sacrifices had to keep on being repeated year after year, because the sins kept on coming. So they must have known their sacrifices were not completely once for all-atoning.<br /><br />So when an OT Hebrew dies the day before he can make his next annual sacrifice, on what does he 'hang his hat' when it comes to his inheritence or righteousness? What was that something else, is what I'm wondering. God's word in the promised Messiah or the promise of Israel as God's chosen nation?<br /><br />As in, 'Abraham believed God and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.' Trust in which promise?Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18223579810861454670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261814012053869943.post-56376639422373834302009-12-02T09:05:49.084-07:002009-12-02T09:05:49.084-07:00Jonathan,
See that is just it. The sacrifices were...Jonathan,<br />See that is just it. The sacrifices weren't enough. I think many of them knew something more had to come. But there sacrifices were doing something. It wasn't just a show of pretend. No Jew, and no Christian should ever believe there was nothing but symbolism going on. It is in the realm of the eternal, but these sacrifices gained their efficacy in the future sacrifice of Christ. At least that is how I read it. And they were efficacious to a degree, as they had the word of God. The word of God always being efficacious. How could they not be efficacious? <br />Yet. I think it is clear from the prophets like Isaiah, that the people knew something more was required, that these would not stand till the end. They also knew it was not a matter of just going through the motions. Nor was it a matter of not going through the motions.Bror Ericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913133289813136695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261814012053869943.post-61484163585605224002009-12-02T07:44:23.241-07:002009-12-02T07:44:23.241-07:00I'm curious, do you think OT folks got it that...I'm curious, do you think OT folks got it that their sacrifices weren't really 'all that'? Where did their righteousness come from--from the promised messiah, or their promise as the chosen nation, or..?Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18223579810861454670noreply@blogger.com