From the creation the moral law was an essential part of God’s divine plan, and was as unchangeable as Himself. The ceremonial law was to answer a particular purpose in Christ’s plan for the salvation of the race. The typical system of sacrifices and offerings was established that through these services the sinner might discern the great offering, Christ. But the Jews were so blinded by pride and sin that but few of them could see farther than the death of beasts as an atonement for sin; and when Christ, whom these offerings prefigured, came, they could not discern Him. The ceremonial law was glorious; it was the provision made by Jesus Christ in counsel with His Father, to aid in the salvation of the race. The whole arrangement of the typical system was founded on Christ. Adam saw Christ prefigured in the innocent beast suffering the penalty of his transgression of Jehovah’s law (The Review and Herald, May 6, 1875). {6BC 1094.9}

Fra skabelsen var moralloven en væsentlig del af Guds guddommelige plan, og den var lige så uforanderlig som han selv. Ceremoniloven skulle opfylde et særligt formål angående Kristi plan for at frelse menneskeslægten. Det symbolske system med ofre og (1095) offerydelser blev sat i værk for at synderen kunne forstå og se hen til det store offer: Kristus. Men jøderne var så blændede af stolthed og synd, at kun et fåtal af dem kunne se længere end til dyrets død som forsoning af synd. Disse ofre viste hen til Kristus, men da han kom, kunne de ikke kende ham. Ceremoniloven var hellig. Den var det middel, som Jesus Kristus havde givet i samråd med sin Fader som hjælp i frelsesplanen for menneskeslægten. Hele ordningen med det symbolske system var grundlagt på Kristus. Adam så Kristus symboliseret i det uskyldige dyr, der led straffen for hans overtrædelse af Jehovas lov (RH 6. maj, 1875).