Sacrifice
Bronze Altar
Sacrifice · OT
Bronze Altar
A hollow acacia frame overlaid with bronze, with horns at its four corners and a grate within. Every offering approached God through this altar first.
Symbolic meaning
The place of substitutionary death — the first thing seen upon entering the court.
Christological significance
The cross stands where the bronze altar stood — outside the sanctuary, the point of approach.
Traditionally understood as…