Christ Is All: A Better Sacrifice

It was Christ 

• crucified Who was set forth in every Old Testament sacrifice. 
• Every animal slain and offered on an altar was a practical confession that a Savior was looked for Who would die for sinners;
• a Savior Who should take away man’s sin, by suffering, as his Substitute and Sin-bearer, in his stead (1Peter 3:18). 
• It is absurd to suppose that an unmeaning slaughter of innocent beasts, without a distinct object in view, could please the eternal God!

It was Christ 

• to Whom Abel looked when he offered a better sacrifice than Cain.
• Not only was the heart of Abel better than that of his brother, but he showed his knowledge of vicarious sacrifice and his faith in an atonement. 
• He offered the firstlings of his flock, with the blood thereof, and in so doing declared his belief that without shedding of blood there is no remission (Hebrews 11:4).

It was Christ 

• of Whom Enoch prophesied in the days of abounding wickedness before the flood. 
• “Behold,” he said, “the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment upon all” (Jude 14-15).

Adapted Excerpt From

Christ is All

J.C. Ryle