The Saviour of prophecy was to come, not as a temporal king, to deliver the Jewish nation from earthly oppressors, but as a man among men, to live a life of poverty and humility, and at last to be despised, rejected, and slain. The Saviour foretold in the Old Testament Scriptures was to offer Himself as a sacrifice in behalf of the fallen race, thus fulfilling every requirement of the broken law. In Him the sacrificial types were to meet their antitype, and His 228 death on the cross was to lend significance to the entire Jewish economy.

Profetiernes Frelser skulle ikke komme som en timelig hersker for at befri det jødiske folk fra jordiske undertrykkere, men som et menneske blandt mennesker, der skulle leve et liv i fattigdom og ringhed og til sidst blive foragtet, forkastet og dræbt. Den Frelser, det gamle Testmente profeterede om, skulle give sig selv som offer for den faldne menneskeslægt og således opfylde ethvert krav fra den overtrådte lov. I ham skulle forbilledet mødes med virkeligheden, og hans død på korset ville få betydning for hele den jødiske husholdning.