Sacrifices: Figurative

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Isaiah 34:6
The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
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Ezekiel 39:17
And, you son of man, thus said the Lord GOD; Speak to every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh, and drink blood.
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Zephaniah 1:7,8
Hold your peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD has prepared a sacrifice, he has bid his guests.
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Romans 12:1
I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
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Philippians 2:17
Yes, and if I be offered on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
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Philippians 4:18
But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.
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Whether a Suitable Cause Can be Assigned for the Ceremonies which ...
... sins, for ever." And since the reason of the figure is taken from that which the
figure represents, therefore the reasons of the figurative sacrifices of the ...
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Whether Christ's Passion Operated by Way of Sacrifice?
... Reply to Objection 2: Augustine is speaking there of visible figurative sacrifices:
and even Christ's Passion, although denoted by other figurative sacrifices ...
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The Figurative Language of Scripture.
... to a word or sentence turned from its literal signification to a figurative sense ...
like the ark of the covenant, the high-priest's dress, the sacrifices, and, in ...
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Whether Christ Suffered in a Suitable Place?
... First of all, because Jerusalem was God's chosen place for the offering of sacrifices
to Himself: and these figurative sacrifices foreshadowed Christ's Passion ...
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Whether There Can be any Suitable Cause for the Sacraments of the ...
... to be effected by Christ, and of which those of old became partakers by protesting
their faith in the Redeemer, while taking part in the figurative sacrifices. ...
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Appendix xiv. The Law in Messianic Times.
... Gentiles' who are all in Gehinnom, is taught in very figurative language, we ... statement,
it is definitely applied to the effect, that all sacrifices except the ...
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Whether Sufficient Reason Can be Assigned for the Ceremonies ...
... since idolaters were wont to offer sacrifices beneath trees, on account of the
pleasantness and shade afforded by them. There was also a figurative reason for ...
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Passages from the Psalms of David which Predict the End of the ...
... This expression, then, is either figurative, as is more credible, or this phenomenon ...
to Him; they who make a covenant with Him over sacrifices." [1448] This we ...
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Of the Causes of the Ceremonial Precepts (Six Articles)
... (2) Whether the cause of the ceremonial precepts was literal or figurative? (3)
The causes of the sacrifices; (4) The causes of the sacrifices; ...
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Whether it was Fitting for Christ to Suffer at the Hands of the ...
... Objection 2: Further, the truth should respond to the figure. Now it was not the
Gentiles but the Jews who offered the figurative sacrifices of the Old Law. ...
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Subtopics

Sacrifices

Sacrifices and Hardship

Sacrifices for Public Use often Provided by the State

Sacrifices of Praise

Sacrifices of Self-Denial

Sacrifices were Accepted when offered in Sincerity and Faith

Sacrifices were Bound to the Horns of the Altar

Sacrifices were offered by the Patriarchs

Sacrifices were offered for Individuals

Sacrifices were offered for the Whole Nation

Sacrifices were offered in Faith of a Coming Saviour