The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Infant baptism

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]Okay, so what about animal sacrifice? Cerimonial purification? The Jews did those for thousands of years! To say that becuase you can't find an uproar in scripture about one point of the old covanent, therefore it must continue to be upheld, is one of the most ludicrous bits of logic I've heard in a long time.</font><hr></blockquote><p>Henry,<br><br>I'm not quite sure if I'm following your reasoning here. But IF you are saying that the sacrificial system and ceremonial laws were all abrogated "without an uproar", then I think you are sadly mistaken. . . or perhaps it was an "off day" when you wrote that. I believe that the epistle to the Hebrews alone would be enough to show that there is MUCH written in this regard. And one other thing. Neither of those elements were "abrogated", in the sense that they were totally eradicated. For the truth is that they were "fulfilled", brought to their completion, exponentially exhibited in the life and death of Jesus Christ Who is the Great High Priest, Prophet and King, the Lamb Who was slain from the foundation of the world, etc., etc.. As Chris pointed out, all of that which Israel did in the way of sacrifice (to be sure even thousands upon thousands of years prior to Moses, beginning with the slaying of an animal to clothe Adam and Eve) pointed to the Lord Christ. It is Christ Who brings continuity to biblical history and all that is written, from Genesis to Revelation. It is the oneness of the covenant of grace that binds all of the redeemed of God together. It is Christ who gives meaning to everything that ever was, is and ever shall be. There are discontinuities to be sure, between the O.T. and N.T., but they are to be found in the Administration of God's grace, which in each successive age, they became fuller, more inclusive, deeper and glorious; not the reverse. God's grace increases as history moves toward the eschaton. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/wink.gif" alt="wink" title="wink[/img]<br><br>In His Grace,