[Spirited]

"Since Jesus Christ was the Perfect Lamb, the Perfect Sacrifice, who was the priest making the offering?"

Hebrews 9 will give you the answer. In verse 12 (quoted below in KJV) Paul shows him functioning as the *High Priest with "his own blood" entering into the holy place and there obtaining "eternal redemption for us".

"12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us."

A reading of the entire chapter will give you a better concept of the whole picture. Add to it the following:

* Hebrews 4:14
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

[Cvengr]

Thanks, time for me to reread the New Testament.

Funny how most of these principles I kept in intuition, yet when pointedly queried, I wasn't certain and had forgotten the source. Thanks especially for the quotes.

[Cvengr]

"12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us."

In conjunction with my above post, I need to slightly rephrase myself to better or more accurately express the point.

Jesus Christ had the Law in His heart, therefore I agree, as he said, nobody other than himself took His life, rather he offered it as the sacrifice according to the Law for the sins of many.

The point I make is that when He acted as that sacrifice and rendered His spirit to God the Father, His focus was upon fulfilling the Law, out of grace and love rather than focusing upon Himself to become the sacrifice.

Thanks again for the link. Coupled with the passages in Isaiah and Psalms, it's been a very good study.