Bible Question: why would god want blood in stead of fruit |
Bible Answer: Phebe: When Adam and Eve sinned they become separated from God and hid from him and covered their nakedness with leaves. We find however, that God clothed them in the skins of animals. From this time onward every animal sacrifice which was offered for sin is a picture or type of the Lord Jesus Christ who would put away sin by the sacrifice of himself on the cross. The people who offered the sacrifice were demonstrating to God their faith in him as they looked forward to the coming redeemer who is Christ. Why blood? The shedding of the blood showed that an innocent life was given to cover the sin of guilty man. A life was given to spare the life of the guilty. Peter writes "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:" (1 Peter 1:18-19) Jesus was the innocent one who gave his life on the cross in the guilty sinner's place. He died that we who were dead in sin might live through faith in his finished work. God bless Robert |
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