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Immanuel in Our Place: Seeing Christ in Israel’s Worship is unavailable, but you can change that!

This book provides fascinating insights into the Old Testament tabernacle and temple, the priesthood, the sacrifices, and festivals. More than that, it shows how Jesus is the fulfillment of Old Testament sacred space, sacred acts, sacred persons, and sacred time. An aid to pastors, teachers, and laymen in teaching and reading the Old Testament, this work will enrich our understanding of Christ...

is called the “helper” of humanity (Pss. 30:10; 54:4; Heb. 13:6). This point is doubly highlighted when we contrast the creation of the first man according to Genesis 2 with the creation of the first human beings according to Mesopotamian tradition. True, in both the recipe starts with dust or clay, the very earth itself, but it is with the second ingredient that the difference is clearly seen. And here we have variation in Mesopotamian tradition. In the Enuma Elish,2 humanity’s dust is mixed with
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