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« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2015, 05:21:30 AM »
Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac was a prefiguration of the sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross. When Isaac asked his father, "Where is the lamb for the sacrifice?" Abraham answered that God would provide the lamb. Jesus is the lamb of God who offered himself to save us from our sins.
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« Reply #17 on: May 28, 2015, 05:14:46 AM »
Jacob's two wives, Lea and Rachel are a prefiguration of teh relation between the old law and the new law.
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