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 '''19. Have there been Sacrifices at all times? '''

Yes, there have been Sacrifices from the beginning of the world, and under the Old Law they were strictly commanded by God Himself.

'''20. Why were the Sacrifices of the Old Law abolished? '''

Because they were only figures of the unspotted Sacrifice of the New Law, and were, therefore, not to last longer than the Old Law itself.

'''21. What is the Sacrifice of the New Law? '''

The Sacrifice of the New Law is the Son of God Himself, Jesus Christ, who, by His death on the Cross, offered Himself to His Heavenly Father for us (Hebr. ix. 14).

'''22. Was all Sacrifice to cease with the death of Christ? '''

No; there was to be in the New Law of Grace a Perpetual Sacrifice, in order to represent continually that which was once accomplished on the Cross, and to apply the fruits of it to our souls.

'''23. Was such a Sacrifice promised to us by God? '''

Yes, even in the Old Law it was prefigured by the Sacrifice of Melchisedech,1 and was foretold by the Prophet Malachias.2