of these Feasts cannot be mistaken. It was that of joyfulness tempered by solemnity, of solemnity tempered by joyfulness.” 3. Like the Passover, the Peace-Offering at once commemorated an historical event, and prefigured a blessing to come. The Passover, for instance, always looked backwards to the deliverance from Egypt, but yet forward to “Christ our Passover sacrificed for us.” In like manner, the Peace-Offering commemorated the making of the Covenant, and prefigured the blessed state of communion
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