Christ." 1 Pet. 2:5. They present themselves to God "a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God." Rom. 12:1. They
"offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the
fruit of their lips, giving thanks to his name." Heb. 13:15.
These spiritual sacrifices offered by the body of believers
through Christ, their glorified High Priest, are the only
sacrifices known to the New Testament church.

Of the high priest's garments, made by divine direction "for
glory and for beauty," we cannot here speak in detail. Suffice
it to say that they represented in general the dignity and
excellence of his office, as the divinely appointed mediator
between God and the covenant people. The golden plate with the
inscription HOLINESS TO THE LORD is its own interpreter. The
twelve names of the tribes of Israel, graven on two precious
stones, and borne on the shoulders of the high priest, six on
each shoulder, and then the same twelve graven on twelve gems,
and borne on his breast as he ministered before the Lord,
beautifully typify Christ our great High Priest, who bears his
people on his shoulders by his almighty power and efficacious
atonement, and on his heart by his everlasting love.

14. From the typical priests we naturally pass to the consideration of
the _typical sacrifices_ offered by them. Upon Noah's leaving the ark,
God prohibited the eating of blood on the ground that it is the _life_
of the animal. Gen. 9:4. The reason of this prohibition is unfolded in a
passage of the Mosaic law, which clearly sets forth the nature and
design of bloody offerings: "And whatsoever man there be of the house of
Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any
manner of blood, I will even set my face against that soul that eateth
blood, and will cut him off from among his people. For the life of the
flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make
an atonement for your souls: FOR IT IS THE BLOOD THAT MAKETH AN
ATONEMENT FOR THE SOUL." Lev. 17:10, 11. Hence the sprinkling of the
sacrificial blood by the priest as a sign of expiation, a rite that will
be more particularly considered hereafter (No. 15). The reason that the
_blood_ makes the atonement is that "the _life_ of the flesh is in the
blood." The scriptural idea, then, of a sacrifice is the offering to God
of one life in behalf of another that has been forfeited b