We are told here that the price of redemption was not actually paid by Christ till after His Incarnation, but still the virtue, efficacy, and benefit of that redemption (that is, the merit, the value, and the power to bestow the tangible spiritual blessings of salvation) were really and actually communicated by the Triune God to the elect in all ages, successively from the beginning of the world. This was done, it says in this paragraph, though promises, types, and sacrifices wherein He was revealed. These were prefigurations of the priesthood and the sacrifice of Christ who is the Mediator and High Priest of our faith. The first of these prefiguring types of Christ and His sacrifice was Abel, the first martyr for the cause of Christ. Let's read about it.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...