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1 | why does god require sacrafices | Rom 6:23 | Emmaus | 117449 | ||
Tara, I don't know that my comments will satify your desire for an understanding of the mystery of God's justice and mercy. I do not believe it is something we will ever fully understand this side of heaven. God is not violent and mean. Man is violent and mean, but in denial about that fact. God is Just, but He is also merciful. So merciful that eventually He came Himself in the form of a man to pay the just price of our sin Himself. Thereby satifying and demonstrating both His justice and His mercy. And keep in mind that 90 percent of the references to eternal hell and firey damnantion in the entire Bible come from the very mouth of good and gentle Jesus. The whole daily and constant sacrificial sytem of the Old Testament which was established after the Golden calf incident. Before that sacrifice was more sporadic and less codified. God was trying to teach the unfaithful Israelites something by requiring them to sacrifice daily, animals (cattle and sheep)that were worshiped as gods in Egypt. That is why Moses told Pharoah he had to got into the desert for three days to sacrifice, because it would be considered an abomination to the Egyptians (Ex 8:21) but Pharoah refused. Then even after God led the Israeltirtes to freedom through the miracle at the Red Sea, the Israelites still worshiped the Egyptian gods. One scripture scholar likened God's requirement of daily sacifice of the gods of Egypt to Him to a wife requiring her alcholic husband who says he will never drink (worship) alcohol again, to begin every day by pouring a fifth of whiskey down the kitchen sink as a sacifice showing his allegiance to her and his rejection of alcohol. Ultimately sacrifice is a harsh reminder that sin separates us from God. God is Life ( "I am the Wat, the Truth, the Life," and sin which separates us from Him leads to death. The good news is that Jesus overcame death. "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies will live!" John 11:26 Emmaus |
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2 | why does god require sacrafices | Rom 6:23 | Sir Pent | 117721 | ||
Personal Note......................................................... Hello Emmaus, Thanks for that great post on the sacrificial system of the Old Testament. I hadn't thought of the connection to the Egyptian false gods before. Very insightful! |
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