“It is finished.” That to which so many types looked forward, that which so much in the tabernacle and its ritual foreshadowed, that of which so many of God’s prophets had spoken, was now accomplished. A covering from sin and its shame—typified by the coats of skin with which the Lord God clothed our first parents—was now provided. The more excellent sacrifice—typified by Abel’s lamb—had now been offered. A shelter from the storm of divine judgment- typified by the ark of Noah was now furnished. The