Sacrifice meaning.

[dolphinwings]

I have been doing some studying, and I discovered that only two animals represented the offering on Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). A bull and a goat were sacrificed on that day. They were offered for a sin offering for the priest (the bull) and for all the people (the goat). Jesus death is represented by these offerings. The other sacrifices (none of which were brought in the Most Holy Place) were the Burnt Offering (symbolizing our need for complete consecration to God every day), the Grain Offering (symbolizing a life being nourishing by the True Bread of Life, which is Jesus Christ), the Peace Offering (which symbolizes the fellowship between believers which we must strive to keep), and the Guilt Offering (which symbolizes making things right with others when we sin after having been forgiven by Christ).

[Gustave]

Hi dolphinwings, 

In all respect I would beg to differ with you as to the representation of the sacrifice. 

1^st Corinthians 5,7: Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. 

Would not that indicate that Christ was sacrificed in the manner of the Passover Lamb - which was indeed a sacrifice. When Christ gave up His life for us it's my understanding that was the fulfillment of the "New Covenant" written in His Blood. Jesus started this initiation of the New Covenant in the upper room & the 4th cup (the cup of consummation) Jesus drank while on the cross, right after which He said "It is finished" (The New Covenant). 

The Old Covenant Passover required the sacrifice of a spotless Lamb and the Lamb to be eaten. When Jesus said "IT IS FINISHED" on the Cross I take that to mean what was finished was what was necessary to usher in the New Covenant. If you go back and read Jesus words of initiation "this is my body" & "this is my blood" of the new and everlasting Covenant I don't see how anyone couldn't see what I'm seeing here. 

[Gregory Matthews]

It is Finished: Salvation is accomplished.  The reign of sin has ended.  Humanity now has the potential to spend eternity with God.

I am not disagreeing with what Gustave said, just expanding on it and saying it with different words.

[Gustave]

Admittedly the Catholic typology on the Last Supper is different than most protestant understandings other than Lutheran. This video explains some interesting points about the 4th cup of the Seder meal that Jews of Jesus' time would have observed. It also explains a perspective many protestant Christians have never heard of. To understand it properly one would need to be aware of Jewish Liturgy - overlaying what Jesus did between the Last Supper and death on the cross is nothing short of jaw dropping. It's worth the listen.