A Type of His Coming
Yesterday I wrote how the Book of Mormon emphasizes the connection between the law of Moses and the coming of the Lord. The law, according to Mormon, was a “type of his coming” (Alma 25:15). So, I looked today for ways that the law connects with events of His life and His coming to earth. The most obvious perhaps is that the Israelites were to bring male animals with no deformities to be sacrificed: “Let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord” (Leviticus 1:3). Jesus was “in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin,” and thus He was too without blemish (Hebrews 4:15). John the Baptist at the beginning of the Savior’s ministry declared, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). Perhaps in this statement John wanted the people to think of those unblemished lambs in particular that were offered, such as for the Passover: “Your lamb shall be ...