1950 This Means Everlasting Life - A2Z.org

54 "THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE"
with God to be his holy nation . The third day
after that he gave them the Ten Commandments,
the fundamental law of his covenant or compact
with them .-Exodus 19 :1 to 20 :18, ASV.
8 Jehovah God continually laid stress on the
need of a great sacrifice acceptable to him. He
showed that when he commanded Abraham to
offer his son for sacrifice . The passover was made
a feature of the Law covenant with the Israelites,
and so that covenant with them was really
made down in Egypt when they sacrificed the
passover lamb and sprinkled its blood on their
doorposts and lintels . When this Law covenant
was inaugurated at Mount Sinai, Moses had more
sacrifices offered and he sprinkled their blood .
The inspired apostle makes the following comment
on this :
9 "Consequently neither was the former covenant
inaugurated without blood . For when every
commandment according to the Law had been
spoken by Moses to all the people, he took the
blood of the young bulls and of the goats with
water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled
the book itself and all the people, saying : This
is the blood of the covenant which God has laid
as a charge upon you .' And he sprinkled the tent
and all the vessels of the public service likewise
with the blood. Yes, nearly all things are cleansed
with blood according to the Law, and unless blood
is poured out no forgiveness takes place."-Hebrews
9 :18-22, NW.
e, 9. How did God continually lay stress on the need of
a sacrifice?