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(4) (a) The Mosaic law prescribed many sacrifices and oblations. However we would not have known of any Old Testament passage to support the thought that Christ was the antitype of them without the testimony of a Psalm or prophet.

(b) In Psalm 40:6-8 we have a prophetic reference to Christ who has taken the place of the sacrifices and oblations.

(c) In Hebrews 10 we get the Psalm explained as referring to Christ as the offering that takes the place of the sacrifices and oblations of the Old Testament.

(5) (a) In Exodus 12:46 it is said of the Passover lamb: “neither shall ye break a bone thereof”.

(b) In Psalm 34:20 we have: “He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken”.

(c) In John 19:36 the apostle draws attention to the fact that Christ’s legs were not broken showing by this that He was the antitype of the Passover lamb. The Psalm shows that the antitype of the Passover lamb is a person by referring to ‘his’.

(6) (a) In 1 Kings 17 onwards we have the prophet Elijah spoken of.

(b) In Malachi 4:5/6 we have it said that God would send Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of Jehovah.

(c) In Matthew 11:13/14 we have Christ pointing out that the prophecy as to Elias (Elijah) coming was fulfilled in John the Baptist.

(7) (a) In Numbers 20:22-29 we have the rebellion at Meribah referred to. See also Exodus 17:7; Numbers 20:2-13; Deuteronomy 6:16; 9:22; 33:8. (Massah = Meribah)

(b) In Psalm 95:7-11 we have the wilderness incident drawn attention to.

(c) In Hebrews 3:7-19 we have the Psalm quoted. In this way the Psalm becomes a stepping stone between the incident in the wilderness and the passage in Hebrews.

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