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Sacred Service in This “Time of the End”The Watchtower—1980 | August 15
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4. How does Paul speak of the service of the priests in the tent compartments, and what did those activities typify?
4 For the time that the Law covenant was in effect, that “sacred service” under it had its place, and it was acceptable to God. So the apostle Paul puts it on a high level when he says: “For its part, then, the former covenant used to have ordinances of sacred service [la·treiʹa] and its mundane holy place.
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Sacred Service in This “Time of the End”The Watchtower—1980 | August 15
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(Heb. 9:1-6) That ceremonial sacred service was in connection with the sacrifices offered in behalf of the nation of Israel. It did not refer to everyday things of the people. As the apostle Paul points out, all such “sacred service” under the old Law covenant was typical, prefiguring Christian matters.
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