According to you, does God do things without a reason other than pleasure?
Sure they do.
Forgiveness comes when we repent with our lips.
Hosea 14:2 Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to Him, "Take away all iniquity And receive us graciously, That we may present the fruit of our lips.
This one is going to take some discussion, because I think that you'll translate this differently.
I don't have any more time, to reply, so please give me your thoughts on Hosea 14:2. Thank you.
Why not? His blood didn't make it on the altar nor was human sacrifices allowed. You know that.
Your argument was that you knew what I was going to say.
"You're gonna say Jesus' sacrifice eliminated the need for sacrifices even though he didn't follow the commandment to put blood on the altar, correct?"
That's why not.
The rest of your sentence is being dealt with under the discussion of the New Covenant (Jer 31:31-32) below.
No, you don't understand me.
I may not fully understand Judaism, but I think I understand you. You have no hope that Christians will repent of idolatry, and you're tired of hearing the same thing over and over again. You debate quite often on here and at times it's frustrating that people don't listen to you though you have a wealth of knowledge. With that, it can feel like you're being disrespected.
I'll venture to guess that at times, in the real world, you feel on edge and it's because you're constantly fighting.
Do I get you or am off?
Then Jesus' sacrifice was disastrous.
There's a difference between telling a bunch of people who have a tendency to idolatry that human sacrifice is okay, and telling people who want to obey God that one unique human sacrifice that was provided by God, and is the only sacrifice that will ever be needed, is okay.
I hope you can see the difference and why it's a category error to equate putting in the Law human sacrifice, and having a God provided sacrifice that is unique.
Just what Tanakh says. The NT doesn't hold water for us.
I'm well aware, and accounted for that. Hence why I never quoted the NT in my paragraph.
That's what's expected for a prophet, man, of God, Zechariah 7:12.
That's kinda what I was saying...
Actually, God reinforces the Torah again with just the houses of Israel and Judah. The only difference is that the law is written on our hearts and minds. We see this as well in Jeremiah 33:17-26, and Ezekiel 37-45.
Ezekiel 43-45 is still under the Mosaic covenant, hence the reference to the offspring of Zadok in Ezekiel 43:19, so that's got nothing to do with what I'm talking about.
Jeremiah 33:17-26 reinforces the sacrifices and Covenants with David and I believe Levi, but not the whole of the Torah. But do you believe that when all of God's promises have been fulfilled that people will still sin (cf Jer 33:18)? I don't as that's part of having God's law in our hearts, but I honestly don't know if you do.
Christians like you push Lev 17:11 and get upset when it doesn't work out for you. You're smart enough to know that Jesus could never fulfill this commandment nor be acceptable as a sacrifice.
Okay... but the complete thought had to do with Jeremiah 31:31-32, and how it will be different than the Mosaic Covenant. So at least at heart you have to acknowledge that I'm not pushing for a literal, 1 to 1, application of the Mosaic Law.
See above. In the future, the prince Messiah will bring his own sacrifices.
So... you don't know, I'm guessing? You didn't answer any of my questions in that last paragraph. I do recognize that I didn't put a question mark at the end, so I apologize for that, but I think it should have been clear by the wording that I was asking several questions (eg. "what", "why", "what", "how").
Sorry, but "types" is a desperation fall back when nothing else is working out. The coming Messiah doesn't break the commandments to fulfill the commandments.
It is perfectly logical to say that if something is similar yet different, then it is a type of something. That's just... English.
You need a better answer than this, and I can tell you I've heard it all.
Then why is it that you ask questions that have nothing to do with what Christians believe? A person who has learning ought to demonstrate their intelligence in their questions. Conversely, asking questions that have nothing to do with the person you're talking with demonstrates a lack of knowledge, which I don't believe you lack.