Hi pastor John,
I have a question about Hebrews 9:16-17, where it says “For where a testament is, it is necessary to establish the death of the testator. For a testament is in force after men are dead; it has no force at all while the testator is alive”. But then in v. 18, “Hence, the first testament was not inaugurated without blood.” Who was the testator for the Old Testament? Was the blood of the animals that Moses sprinkled on the people just a figure of the testator that was to come? Moses wouldn’t be the testator would he, since he didn’t die (until later)?
Vince
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Hi Vince.
If Moses had been the testator, he would have had to die. No, under the law, animals were used for that purpose. Of course, those sacrificial animals represented Christ, but nobody understood that at the time.
Pastor John