Behold the apostle preaching in the synagogue at Corinth, reasoning from the writings of Moses and the prophets, and bringing his hearers down to the advent of the promised Messiah. Listen as he makes plain the work of the Redeemer as the great high priest of mankind--the One who through the sacrifice of His own life was to make atonement for sin once for all, and was then to take up His ministry in the heavenly sanctuary. Paul's hearers were made to understand that the Messiah for whose advent they had been longing, had already come; that His death was the antitype of all the sacrificial offerings, and that His ministry in the sanctuary in heaven was the great object that cast its shadow backward and made clear the ministry of the Jewish priesthood. 247


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Korint

Man kan se apostlen for sig, mens han prædiker i synagogen i Korint og forklarer Moses og profeternes skrifter, idet han fører sine tilhørere helt frem til den forjættede Messias komme! Man kan høre ham klarlægge Frelserens gerning som ypperstepræst for menneskeheden, han, der ved at ofre sit eget liv skulle skaffe forsoning én gang for alle og derefter udrette sin tjeneste i den himmelske helligdom. Paulus tilhørere måtte forstå, at den Messias, hvis komme de havde set hen til, allerede var kommen: at hans død var virkeliggørelsen af alle offerhandlingerne, og at hans tjeneste i den himmelske helligdom var den store begivenhed, der kastede sin skygge tilbage og klarlagde betydningen af det jødiske præsteskabs tjeneste.

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