Paul endeavored to direct the minds of his hearers to the one great Sacrifice for sin. He pointed to the sacrifices that were shadows of good things to come, and then presented Christ as the antitype of all those ceremonies--the object to which they pointed as the only source of life and hope for fallen man. Holy men of old were saved by faith in the blood of Christ. As they saw the dying agonies of 425 the sacrificial victims they looked across the gulf of ages to the Lamb of God that was to take away the sin of the world.

Paulus forsøgte at drage sine tilhøreres sind hen til det store sonoffer. Han gjorde opmærksom på de ofre, der var en skygge af de kommende velsignelser og fremstillede så Kristus som den, der var opfyldelsen af alle disse ceremonier, det forbillede, de viste hen til som den eneste kilde til liv og håb for den faldne menneskeslægt. Fortidens hellige mennesker blev frelst ved tro på Kristi blod. Når de så offerdyrene lide, så de over tidernes svælg hen til Guds Lam, der skulle borttage verdens synd.