THEOSISCyrill of Alexandria
This represents a redemptive offering similar to that which Moses performed at Mount Sinai. As documented in Exodus, after the divine commandments of God were established regarding the necessary acts, it states, “And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and set an altar under the mount, and twelve stones, according to the number of the twelve tribes of Israel: and he sent young men of the children of Israel, and they offered burnt-offerings, and slain bullocks for a peace-offering unto the Lord.” (Ex.
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24: 4-5.) The distinction between lambs and bullocks does not affect the essence of the offering, as both symbolize the notion of cruelty, which is profoundly associated with the countenance of Christ, who, as expressed by Jeremiah, proclaimed, “But I am as a meek lamb led to the slaughter, and knew it not.” (Jer. 11: 19).