The Jews had prided themselves upon their divinely appointed services; and they concluded that as God once specified the Hebrew manner of worship, it was impossible that he should ever authorize a change in any of its specifications. They decided that Christianity must connect itself with the Jewish laws and ceremonies. They were slow to discern to the end of that which had been abolished by the death of Christ, and to perceive that all their sacrificial offerings had but prefigured the death of the Son of God, in which type had met its antitype rendering valueless the divinely appointed ceremonies and sacrifices of the Jewish religion. {LP 64.2}

Jøderne havde selv været stolte af deres guddommeligt udpegede tjenesteritualer; og de konkluderede at Gud når havde specificeret den hebræiske tilbedelsesmåde lige på en gang; var det umuligt at han nogensinde skulle bemyndige en ændring i disse specifikationer. De besluttede at kristendommen måtte selv sætte sig i forbindelse med jødiske love og ceremonier. De var langsomme til at se enden af det som var afskaffet ved Kristi død, og indrømme at alle deres brændofre blot havde peget frem til Guds Søns død, hvori billedet havde mødt sit modbillede, og gjort den jødiske religions guddommeligt udpegede ceremonier og ofringer værdiløse.