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How Did Ancient Sacrifices Point to Jesus Christ?
December 2022


“How Did Ancient Sacrifices Point to Jesus Christ?,” Liahona, Dec. 2022.

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Malachi

How Did Ancient Sacrifices Point to Jesus Christ?

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an altar surrounded by animals

Illustrations by Denis Freitas

Malachi warned against offering polluted sacrifices to the Lord. The Lord required “a pure offering” (Malachi 1:11) and would not have His table polluted (see Malachi 1:12).

The sacrifices had to be pure because they “pointed to the way God has provided to bring us back into His presence—Jesus Christ and His Atonement.”1 To offer anything less was a mockery of both Christ’s perfection and His sacrifice.

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