The concept of the "Daily Sacrifice" holds significant importance in the biblical narrative, particularly within the context of the Old Testament sacrificial system. The term generally refers to the regular offerings made to God as prescribed in the Mosaic Law, which were integral to the worship and religious life of ancient Israel.

Biblical Foundation

The Daily Sacrifice, also known as the "continual burnt offering," is first detailed in the Book of Exodus. God commands the Israelites to offer two lambs a year old each day, one in the morning and the other at twilight. This is outlined in Exodus 29:38-42 : "Now this is what you are to offer regularly on the altar: two lambs a year old, day by day continually. Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight."

The purpose of these sacrifices was to maintain a continual act of worship and atonement before God, symbolizing the constant need for reconciliation and communion with the Divine. The offerings were accompanied by grain and drink offerings, further emphasizing the completeness of the sacrifice.

Significance in the Tabernacle and Temple

The Daily Sacrifice was central to the function of both the Tabernacle and later the Temple in Jerusalem. It served as a daily reminder of God's presence among His people and their dependence on His grace and mercy. The priests, who were descendants of Aaron, were responsible for carrying out these sacrifices, ensuring that the covenant relationship between God and Israel was upheld.

In Numbers 28:3-8 , the instructions for the Daily Sacrifice are reiterated, emphasizing its perpetual nature: "This is the offering made by fire that you are to present to the LORD: two unblemished year-old male lambs each day, as a regular burnt offering. Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight."

Prophetic and Eschatological Dimensions

The Daily Sacrifice also holds prophetic significance, particularly in the Book of Daniel. In Daniel 8:11-14 , the cessation of the Daily Sacrifice is mentioned in the context of a vision concerning the desecration of the sanctuary: "It even magnified itself to be equal with the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice, and the place of His sanctuary was cast down."

This passage has been interpreted by many scholars and theologians as a reference to future events, often associated with the end times and the Antichrist's opposition to God's covenant people. The interruption of the Daily Sacrifice is seen as a significant marker in the prophetic timeline.

New Testament Fulfillment

In the New Testament, the concept of sacrifice is transformed through the person and work of Jesus Christ. Hebrews 10:11-14 contrasts the repeated nature of the Old Testament sacrifices with the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ: "Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God."

While the physical act of the Daily Sacrifice ceased with the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD, its spiritual significance is fulfilled in Christ, who is seen as the ultimate and final sacrifice for sin. This fulfillment underscores the continuity and completion of God's redemptive plan as revealed throughout Scripture.Daily Sacrifice

DAILY OFFERING; DAILY SACRIFICE

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8548. tamid -- continuity
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((n-))ever(-more), perpetual. 8547, 8548. tamid. 8549 . Strong's Numbers.
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The Twofold Testimony of John - the First Sabbath of Jesus's ...
... his words as an appeal to the prophecy of Isaiah, two other references must not
be excluded from them: those to the Paschal Lamb, and to the Daily Sacrifice. ...
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A Lamb was Offered at the Morning and Evening Sacrifice. ...
... Sixth Book. 33. A Lamb Was Offered at the Morning and Evening Sacrifice. Significance
of This. Now we find the lamb offered in the continual (daily) sacrifice. ...
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He Maketh Me to Lie Down in Pastures of Tender Grass; He Leadeth ...
... Besides being our daily sacrifice, then, under the appearance of bread and wine,
besides ever prolonging in our midst that wondrous act of Calvary by which at ...
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Hebron
... Hebron, (although the east was on that coast), that the memory of the merit of those,
that were buried in Hebron, might occur at the daily sacrifice." They are ...
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How Titus Gave Orders to Demolish the Tower of Antonia and Then ...
... for he had been informed that on that very day, which was the seventeenth day
[5]of Panemus, [Tamuz,] the sacrifice called "the Daily Sacrifice" had failed ...
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Letter vi. --Fresh Suffering.
... piety. In the unsettled state of your health you should find only another
subject for daily sacrifice that is very meritorious. You ...
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The Sacrifice of the Body
... consciously devoted to Him, and laid as a sacrifice upon His altar. That pervasive,
universally diffused reference to God, in all the details of daily life, is ...
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The Old and New Testaments have Many Things in Common -- Far More ...
... Christ to "the abomination of desolation" which is to "stand in the holy place,"
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Daily Thoughts,
... How to keep Passion-Week. April 28. Self-Sacrifice. April 29. Help from our Blessed
Dead. ... July 17. Vagueness of Mind. July 18. A Faith for Daily Life. July 19. ...
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The Revelation and Career of the Anti-Christ.
... Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily
sacrifice was taken away (which action clearly identifies him with the Anti ...
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