Types of the Saviour: The Morning and Evening Sacrifice
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The concept of types in the Old Testament serves as a profound means by which God foreshadows the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. Among these types, the morning and evening sacrifices hold significant typological importance, symbolizing the continual and perfect sacrifice of Christ for the redemption of humanity.

Biblical Foundation

The institution of the morning and evening sacrifices is found in the Mosaic Law, specifically in the book of Exodus and reiterated in Numbers. Exodus 29:38-39 states, "This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar: two lambs, a year old, each day, continually. Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight." Numbers 28:3-4 further instructs, "And you shall say to them, ‘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.’"

Typological Significance

The morning and evening sacrifices serve as a daily reminder of the need for atonement and the constant presence of God among His people. These sacrifices were a perpetual ordinance, symbolizing the unceasing nature of God's grace and mercy. The regularity and constancy of these offerings point to the eternal and once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who is described in Hebrews 10:10 as having "been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."

Christ as the Fulfillment

In the New Testament, Jesus is identified as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29). The morning and evening sacrifices, with their requirement of unblemished lambs, prefigure Christ's sinless nature and His role as the perfect sacrifice. The timing of these sacrifices—morning and evening—can also be seen as encompassing the entirety of the day, symbolizing the comprehensive and all-encompassing nature of Christ's atonement.

Furthermore, the continual nature of these sacrifices underscores the sufficiency and completeness of Christ's work on the cross. Hebrews 7:27 highlights this by stating, "Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself."

Spiritual Implications

For believers, the morning and evening sacrifices serve as a call to daily devotion and remembrance of Christ's sacrifice. Just as the Israelites were reminded of their need for atonement and God's provision through these sacrifices, Christians are called to live in the light of Christ's redemptive work, offering themselves as living sacrifices (Romans 12:1).

In summary, the morning and evening sacrifices are a profound type of the Saviour, illustrating the necessity, sufficiency, and eternal nature of Christ's atoning work. Through these daily offerings, God prepared His people to understand and receive the ultimate sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ, who fulfills and surpasses all Old Testament types and shadows.
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Scriptural Types.
... RITUAL TYPES. ... morning and evening, and on the Sabbath day two lambs morning and evening ...
In the one hundred and tenth psalm, which the Saviour himself quotes as ...
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Hymns for Christian Devotion
... The Resurrection. 551. -- The Changes of Nature Types of Immortality. 552. ... 685. --
The Saviour Commemorated. 686. ... Evening. MORNING AND EVENING HYMNS. 935. ...
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The Twofold Testimony of John - the First Sabbath of Jesus's ...
... prospect of His own end, the Saviour said of ... understood without its reference to
its two great types. ... It explains how the morning and evening sacrifices were ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter iii the twofold testimony.htm

Faustus Denies that the Prophets Predicted Christ. Augustin Proves ...
... a lamb, and a stone, are used as types of Christ ... is above as our head, being Himself
the Saviour; and He ... fed by ravens bringing bread in the morning and flesh ...
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The Foundation of the Church among the Jews
... perpetual sacrifices, offered morning by morning and evening ... was no further need
for the types and shadows ... remembrance" any sayings of the Saviour which human ...
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Christ the End of the Law
... Look at the types of the old Mosaic dispensation, and ... Every morning and evening a
lamb died to tell of ... as to men's selves and the coming Saviour, intending by ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 22 1876/christ the end of the.htm

The True Tabernacle, and Its Glory of Grace and Peace
... He was Himself not only man's Saviour, but his salvation ... the sense of being the
substance of all the types. ... is the true scapegoat, the true morning and evening ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 31 1885/the true tabernacle and its.htm

Elijah --Passionate in Prayer
... SOME BIBLE TYPES OF PRAYER VI. ... best in his half-hour prayer on a Sabbath morning;
he so ... are not aflame within them with God, and with their Saviour Jesus Christ ...
/.../whyte/lord teach us to pray/vi elijahpassionate in prayer.htm

Interpretation of Holy Scripture. --Inspired Interpretation. --The ...
... foreshadowing of the superiority of our Saviour's Priesthood over ... and out of the
Prophets, from morning till evening ... Paschal Lamb,"may well be types of Christ ...
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The Lamb of God, the Great Atonement
... ungrateful sinners, as to appoint them a Saviour in the ... and the lambs which were
daily offered, morning and evening ... The others were but types [prophetic symbols ...
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