The sacrificial offerings, and the priesthood of the Jewish system, were instituted to represent the death and mediatorial work of Christ. All those ceremonies had no meaning, and no virtue, only as they related to Christ, who was himself the foundation of, and who brought into existence, the entire system. The Lord has made known to Adam, Abel, Seth, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and the ancient worthies, especially Moses, that the ceremonial system of sacrifices and the priesthood, of themselves, were not sufficient to secure the salvation of one soul. {2SP 10.3}

Brændofrene, og præsteskabet i det jødiske system, blev indført for at fremstille døden og Kristi mindeværdige arbejde. Alle de ceremonier som ikke havde mening eller nogen kraft, kun når de relaterede til Kristus, som selv var grundlagetet for det, iscenesatte hele systemet. Herren havde gjort Adam, Abel, Set, Enok, Noa, Abraham, og de gamle æresmænd, især Moses, bekendt med at det ceremonielle offersystemet og præsteskabet, ikke var nok i sig selv til at sikre sig en sjæls frelse.