Paul then endeavored to direct the minds of his hearers to the one great Sacrifice for sin. He pointed back to those 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 one 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 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.{LP 242.1}

Paulus dristede sig til at lede sine tilhøreres tanker hen til det eneste store Offer for synd. Han pegede tilbage til de ofre som var skygger for de kommende gode ting, og viste så Kristus som modbilledet på alle disse ceremonier, - det mål som de pegede hen på, som deres eneste livs- og håbets kilde for faldne mennesker. Gamle hellige mænd blev frelst ved tro på Kristi blod. Idet de så offerdyrenes dødspinsler, kunne de se over tidsaldrenes afgrund til Guds Lam som skulle tage verdens synder bort.