The Sacrificial System. This item is unavailable.The Sacrificial System

Redemption by blood is the great theme of the Bible from Beginning to end. In the Old Testament, atonement was something that had to be done over and over again because the blood of animals could cover but could not take away sins of the people. The priest, while carrying out his sacred duties under the Mosaic Law, was commanded to look not at the sinner but at the sacrifice. If the sacrifice was acceptable, then the believing sinner was also acceptable. Yet, the atonement effected in the Old Testament was in reality only a stopgap measure. The thousands upon thousands of animal sacrifices offered then pointed to the coming Redemmer of mankind who would serve as the one true Atonement: Jesus Christ and Him crucified. His sacrifice on the Cross of Calvary would once and for all take away the sin of the whole world.