But you hope that a physician who examines your body has studied the book well in medical school. The book is not the ultimate reality, but without it the physician would not know what he or she is looking at. Similarly, without the animal sacrifices, it would be much harder to understand when we ponder Christ’s sacrifice in the New Testament. If we jump to the ultimate reality without studying the Old Testament “textbook,” we miss a lot. Differences between the various Israelite sacrifices emphasized