Part Two
Bibliology: 14 THE COVENANTS OF SCRIPTURE
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
Bibliology: 14 THE COVENANTS OF SCRIPTURE
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
Until
the blood was sprinkled those who were to be priests had to worship afar off
and only Moses, the type of Christ, was to come near to God. Afterwards the priests
also were permitted to come near. This teaches us in type that Christ had to
shed His blood before His priestly ministry could begin. He was not a priest while
He was on earth (Hebrews 8:4),
though doubtless His prayer the night before His death was in anticipation of
His priestly work. The ministry of priesthood is only for people who have
already been brought into relationship with God. This is why Jesus prayed in
John 17: “I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for
they are thine.” Thus the Levitical sacrifices and ministry, while typifying
the redemptive work of Christ, typified only that aspect of it which applies to
those who have already been brought into a saving relationship with God.
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