So in the NT, blood is a major symbol of the atoning death of Christ and its benefits. In instituting the Eucharist the Lord used the wine to point to the blood signifying His life given in vicarious sacrifice—“This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for ...
In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ / you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a ...
This article attempts to document why the Virgin Mary is symbolically designated by the biblical figure “Ark of the Covenant” (Foederis Arca), as reflected in one of the invocations of the Litany of Loreto (Litaniae Lauretanae). To justify such a designation, the author refers to the system...
he had established acovenant(berit) with them and required from them obedience to his teaching, or law (Torah). This obedience was a further means by which the divine presence was made manifest—expressed in concrete human existence. The corporate life of thechosencommunitywas thus a summons to...