Here is something I realized recently. Consider both 1 Kings 18 and Matthew 27:
"And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your word. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that You are the Lord God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.”
Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!”
- 1 Kings 18:36-39 NKJV
"Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!” Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink.
The rest said, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.”
And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit."
- Matthew 27:45-50 NKJV
Because the Hebrew (later Jewish) day ended at 6 in the evening, that was considered to be the 12th hour. Therefore, three hours prior to that would be the 3(pm) or the ninth hour. The ninth hour was when the evening sacrifice was offered.
In 1 Kings, Elijah called upon the Lord at the ninth hour and asked Him to show Himself to be the one true God. In Matthew, Jesus dies at or around the ninth hour. Again, God shows Himself to be the one true God.
In 1 Kings, Elijah called on God. In Matthew, some thought that Jesus (God the Son) was calling on Elijah.
In short, Jesus IS our "Evening Sacrifice", once and for all.
"And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your word. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that You are the Lord God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.”
Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!”
- 1 Kings 18:36-39 NKJV
"Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!” Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink.
The rest said, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.”
And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit."
- Matthew 27:45-50 NKJV
Because the Hebrew (later Jewish) day ended at 6 in the evening, that was considered to be the 12th hour. Therefore, three hours prior to that would be the 3(pm) or the ninth hour. The ninth hour was when the evening sacrifice was offered.
In 1 Kings, Elijah called upon the Lord at the ninth hour and asked Him to show Himself to be the one true God. In Matthew, Jesus dies at or around the ninth hour. Again, God shows Himself to be the one true God.
In 1 Kings, Elijah called on God. In Matthew, some thought that Jesus (God the Son) was calling on Elijah.
In short, Jesus IS our "Evening Sacrifice", once and for all.
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