in the Ezekiel passages which is the same word and verb form used in the Pentateuch to describe sacrifices related to atonement (Lev. 6:30; 8:15; 16:6, 11, 24, 30, 32–34; Num. 5:8; 15:28; 29:5). Jesus tells His redeemed people to remember His sacrificial work in celebration of the Lord’s Supper not in animal sacrifices in some far off earthly “millennium.” Second, Jesus is the once for all sacrifice whose blood cleanses us from sin (Heb. 7:26–27; 8:13; 9:11–15; 10:5–22; 1 Peter 3:18). Third, sanctification
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