..the law of the Tamid. In Exodus 29:38 we read that "two lambs of the first year should be offer on the altar, day by day continually." and that "One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight"
Tamid was the name given to the sacrifices that were to be offered every day in the temple.Until Israel understands the real spiritual meaning of it.
Tamid was the name given to the sacrifices that were to be offered every day in the temple.Until Israel understands the real spiritual meaning of it.
Each day, the offerings would begin with the sacrifice of the morning lamb and finish with the sacrifice of the evening lamb. All the other sacrifices would come in between the two.
The morning lamb was offered up at the third hour...nine o'clock. With its death, the temple trumpets would sound and the temple gates would be opened. Then about the 9th hour, the evening sacrifice would be slain and offered on the altar, at which time all the sacrifices would be finished.
The same hour the morning lamb was sacrificed...9 am...was the same hour Christ the Messiah was crucified as a sacrifice offering... and the trumpets sounded to announce His sacrifice, and the temple gates were opened.
When the evening lamb was slain...at the 9th hour, three in the afternoon... was when Christ the Messiah died on the cross.
So, the Lord's sacrifice began with the offering up of the morning lamb and ended with the offering of the evening lamb...and it all took place during the six hours of the temple sacrifices...in between the two lambs, from the first sacrifice to the last. The Lamb of God.
Tamid means continual, daily, perpetual, always, and forever. The way He is there for us.
The sacrifices mandated during the Mosaic dispensation pointed symbolically to the atoning sacrifice of the Messiah.
“Behold, this is the whole meaning of the law, every whit pointing to that great and last sacrifice; … the Son of God” (Alma 34:14)
After His Resurrection, Jesus Christ declared to the people in the New World:
After His Resurrection, Jesus Christ declared to the people in the New World:
“Your sacrifices and your burnt offerings shall be done away, for I will accept none of [them]. …
“And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit. And whoso cometh unto me with a broken heart …, him will I baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost” (3 Nephi 9:19–20).
“And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit. And whoso cometh unto me with a broken heart …, him will I baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost” (3 Nephi 9:19–20).
... a broken heart and contrite spirit. Those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit are willing to do anything and everything that God asks of them, without resistance or resentment... meaning that we put our pride behind, and cease doing things our way...
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