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ancestors Adam and Eve. We see how Levitical priests

sacrificed animals to atone for the sins of God's people.
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In the New Testament, we see God born in the flesh
and humbling Himself to be the final sacrifice to atone for the
sins of those who trust and follow Him! It is amazing that we
have a holy, righteous, powerful, loving, and merciful God

who made a way for sinners!
We know that Jesus Christ quoted scripture from the

Old Testament thereby validating it while rebuking the
religious leaders for their interpretation of some of the laws.

Also, here’s an interesting fact. “The Old Testament is
the part of the Bible written before Jesus was born. Its
writings were completed in 450 B.C. The Old Testament,
written hundreds of years before Jesus’ birth, contains over

300 prophecies that Jesus fulfilled through His life, death
and resurrection.”
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For example, Isaiah 53 was written approximately
hundreds of years before Jesus Christ’s birth, and it is
speaking of Him:

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is
the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow
up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out

30 https://www.gotquestions.org/Levitical-priesthood.html
31 http://www1.cbn.com/biblestudy/biblical-prophecies-fulfilled-by-
jesus

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