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Автор: Jack D. Kilcrease
Издательство: Ingram
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purifying creation from sin, the high priest prefigured the eschatological renewal of God through the giving of his personal holiness through bloody sacrifice. The work of the Day of Atonement is also suggestive of the role of the divine warrior, who, much like the protevanglium promises, overcomes the negative effects of the serpent in creation. As we will see below, there is a significant connection between high priestly figures in Old Testament prophecy with the theme of the divine warrior.

      The priestly mediation was not successful throughout the Old Testament. As early as the priesthood of Eli, the ministrations of the priests were condemned and it is prophesied that YHWH “will raise up for [himself] . . . a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever” (1 Sam 2:35). Though this prophecy might find a preliminary fulfillment in God’s choice of the line of Zadok later in the narrative, as we will see later in the writings of the New Testament (particularly Hebrews), there is recognition that the priesthood would need a final fulfillment and renewal by the Messiah.