Robby, Paul was saying the OT was given to show fully that you can NOT make it by your performance/ that the sacrifice system was a shadow and type of Christ.
That, when the perfect has come (Christ) the shadow and type is done away with.
He did not temporarily sacrifice himself prior to Calvary.
Those were animals-
a type, just as Abraham being commanded to sacrifice his son on the mount (both he and God, knowing that it was an exercise in obedience- and that the son would live)
was a type (and a prophecy) of Jesus eventual sacrifice.
That, when the perfect has come (Christ) the shadow and type is done away with.
He did not temporarily sacrifice himself prior to Calvary.
Those were animals-
a type, just as Abraham being commanded to sacrifice his son on the mount (both he and God, knowing that it was an exercise in obedience- and that the son would live)
was a type (and a prophecy) of Jesus eventual sacrifice.
