Vicarious Sacrifice: Review: Dikaiosn? & the Composites of the Integrity of God; Rom 3:25: the Blood of Christ: Literal Blood on the Mercy Seat Is Symbolic for the Spiritual Death of Christ on the Cross: Blood (hama) of Christ: Walter Bauer: figurative; Kittel: a pregnant verbal symbol; Bullinger: metonymy; Thieme: metaphor; Blood Refers to the Lord"s Spiritual Death