All these passages together cannot be applied to reality; all can be said to be typical; therefore they are not spoken of reality, but of the type.
Agnus occisus est ab origine mundi.[262] A sacrificing judge.
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Contradictions.—The sceptre till the Messiah—without king or prince.
The eternal law—changed.
The eternal covenant—a new covenant.
Good laws—bad precepts. Ezekiel.
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Types.—When the word of God, which is really true, is false literally, it is true spiritually. Sede a dextris meis:[263] this is false literally, therefore it is true spiritually.
In these expressions, God is spoken of after the manner of men; and this means nothing else but that the intention which men have in giving a seat at their right hand, God will have also. It is then an indication of the intention of God, not of His manner of carrying it out.