Companion to the Bible eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 863 pages of information about Companion to the Bible.

Companion to the Bible eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 863 pages of information about Companion to the Bible.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

UNITY OF REVELATION—­1.  Essential Unity between the Old and the New Testament—­2.  This Unity one that coexists with Great Diversity—­ Illustrations from the Analogy of God’s Works—­3.  Unity in Diversity in Respect to the Form of God’s Kingdom—­4.  The Forms of Public Worship—­5.  Forms of Religious Labor—­6.  Spirit of Revelation—­7.  Way of Salvation—­8.  Sternness of the Mosaic Dispensation explained from its Preparatory Character—­9.  Inferences from the Unity of Revelation—­9.  Each Particular Revelation Perfect in its Measure—­10.  The Later Revelations the Exponents of the Earlier; Christ and his Apostles in a Special Sense the Expositors of the New Testament—­11.  The Extent of Meaning in a Given Revelation that which the Holy Spirit intended—­12.  The Obscure Declarations of Scripture to be interpreted from the Clear, with Illustrations—­13.  Remarks on the Analogy of Faith—­The Term Defined—­Rules for its Use

CHAPTER XXXVII.

SCRIPTURAL TYPES—­1.  Types distinguished from Analogy—­2.  And from the Foreshadowing of Future Events by the Present—­3.  The Type defined in its Three Essential Characters

I. Historical Types—­4.  In Respect to these Two Extremes to be avoided—­Typical History has a Proper Significance of its Own—­This illustrated by Examples:  The Kingly Office; the Prophetical Office; Typical Transactions—­Remarks on the Inadequacy of All Types

II. Ritual Types—­5.  The Sacrifices the Essential Part of the Mosaic Ritual—­What is implied in them—­The Sanctuary God’s Visible Dwelling-place where alone they could be offered—­6.  The Mosaic Tabernacle described—­7.  Its General Typical Import—­8.  Significance of its Different Parts and Appointments—­Preciousness of the Materials; Gradation in this Respect—­9.  The Inner Sanctuary with its Appointments—­10.  The Outer Sanctuary with its Appointments—­11.  The Brazen Altar with its Laver—­The Levitical Priests typified Christ—­12.  The Levitical Sacrifices typified Christ’s Offering of Himself for the Sins of the World—­This shown from Scripture—­General Remark respecting Christ’s Propitiatory Sacrifice—­13.  Characteristics of the Types Themselves—­The Levitical Priests had a Common Human Nature with those for whom they officiated; were appointed to their Office by God; were Mediators between God and the People; and Mediators through Propitiatory Sacrifices—­Points of Dissimilarity between the Type and the Antitype—­Remarks on the Central Idea of Priesthood—­14.  Scriptural Idea of Sacrifice the Offering of One Life in Behalf of Another—­ Classification of the Levitical Sacrifices with the Ideas belonging to Each:  Sin and Trespass Offerings; Burnt Offerings; Peace-Offerings—­Sacrificial Nature of the Passover—­Other Sacrifices of a Special Character—­All Sacrificial Victims to be without Blemish—­The Unbloody Offerings

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