Jewjitzu
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Was it for an atonement? Surely you're not serious?But, in Jeremiah's day the Jews were sacrificing their children.
Micah 6
6With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
7Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
God never called for human sacrifices.No human sacrifice because all humans are not without sin. Unacceptable substitute for man.
Besides, humans can be without sins.
Psalm 106:38
They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.
He fell short and prayed the prayers of a penitent, Hebrews 5:7.What made Jesus acceptable to the Father was that Jesus had no sin nature and never sinned to acquire one.
He fell short.Only Jesus could do that!
That's not true because they're coming back, Jeremiah 33:14-26, Ezekiel 37-45.The animal sacrifices in the Law of Moses were only symbolic of the true atonement they were all waiting for... the animal sacrifices were training tools to teach Jews about the principles of sin and atonement.
Atonement wasn't the purpose. It was to be a prophet like Moses.That is why Jesus came to the Jews. For if anyone was to understand the atonement for sin it was the Jews who were surrounded by an amoral pagan world.
Those are Rabbinic for the most part except for matzoh, lamb.God used representative symbolism all the time. Just look at the foods used in the Seder meal.
See above. You must be blind.Once again... in Jeremiah's day the Jews were sacrificing their children.
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