tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842260823875796403.post618701634374930058..comments2024-01-08T16:49:46.424+00:00Comments on Last Days Watchman: Why God Required Animal Blood Sacrifice, In The Bible?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04713448621601972014noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842260823875796403.post-68957845028721903802016-08-20T04:19:02.068+01:002016-08-20T04:19:02.068+01:00Very informative article. I particularly like your...Very informative article. I particularly like your response to the question of why a creature must die. Although, it may seem harsh to kill a creature, it all boils down to the fact that in order for there to be a sacrifice, something precious must be offered up as an atonement for the offense committed. <br /><br />Thus, if we understand that the blood is the life force of living beings, then what greater sacrifice can there be but a life itself. I don't think it pleased God one bit that creatures had to be sacrificed but the fact remains that the "wages of sin is death" and through our own error, innocent blood had to be shed. Thankfully, Jesus became the perfect sacrifice for us so that we no longer have to be accountable for our sin we can be justified by faith in his blood that was shed for us. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09664466621754987798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842260823875796403.post-78494459182766565392014-10-29T18:20:30.739+00:002014-10-29T18:20:30.739+00:00Hi Anonymous
You asked: "why a living creatu...Hi Anonymous<br /><br />You asked: "why a living creature must die. How does spilled blood take away sin? If blood is sacred, why take it from a living creature where it can remain alive? It is so brutal."<br /><br />I appreciate your questions and DO understand why you are asking them.<br /><br />The first thing is to consider Isaiah 55:8-9:<br /><br />“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,<br />Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts" says the Lord.<br /><br />Your questions show that you are trusting in your own thoughts and ways, as if they could be reliable. The fact is that our minds have great limitations, being finite, imperfect and sinful. We really know very little about God's holy, righteous and perfect standards.<br /><br />You may think it brutal to kill animals, but who sets the standards of right and wrong?<br /><br />Secondly, God has placed a FAR greater value on redeeming mankind. He created us in His own image (likeness) for the sole purpose of us enjoying fellowship with Him for eternity. The animals will serve us for a brief time and then cease to be, anyway.<br /><br />Finally, although God probably does not take pleasure in the death of animals, as a holy righteous and Just God, He will not allow imperfection to enter into eternity/Heaven but sin MUST be punished or cleansed.<br /><br />God made a way for cleansing/forgiveness to be possible - through the spilling of blood.<br /><br />If God is omnipotent, omniscient and omni present (all powerful, all knowing, and fills the Universe with His presence) then He has absolute right to determine what is best for us. If He created the animals to serve us, then it is surely better for animals to be sacrificed for sin, rather than humans to suffer eternal death?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04713448621601972014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842260823875796403.post-30405759852089103792014-10-03T21:29:57.725+01:002014-10-03T21:29:57.725+01:00Hi Maurice
What verse/s are you referring to? I a...Hi Maurice<br /><br />What verse/s are you referring to? I am unfamiliar with this. I have just looked through Leviticus chapters 16 to 22 but cannot find anything that states what you are saying, unless you are referring to human blood or unclean animal.<br /><br />Once you let me know the scripture verses, I will then take a look at it in context to see what it is saying and then (with God's help) seek an answer.<br /><br />If you are referring to human blood or blood of unclean animals, then that would make sense as the priest would be defiled by contact with sinful flesh. Only animals without spot, wrinkle or blemish would be acceptable blood in God's eyes.<br /><br />This is because only perfection is a satisfactory sacrifice. Remember this sacrifice was pointing to Jesus the perfect lamb of God and only perfection could cleanse sin.<br /><br />Any imperfect/sinful blood had to be washed off first otherwise the priests would me mingling unclean blood with perfect blood which would defile the sacrifice.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04713448621601972014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842260823875796403.post-35915694385098944492014-10-03T21:14:52.668+01:002014-10-03T21:14:52.668+01:00Why do you think contact with blood would render a...Why do you think contact with blood would render a priest unclean?Maurice McCarthynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842260823875796403.post-16492933538989077522014-07-10T15:49:04.195+01:002014-07-10T15:49:04.195+01:00I understand blood as a life force, however I don&...I understand blood as a life force, however I don't understand why it must spill, why a living creature must die. How does spilled blood take away sin? If blood is sacred, why take it from a living creature where it can remain alive? It is so brutal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842260823875796403.post-36546360944614286342013-03-19T00:11:35.211+00:002013-03-19T00:11:35.211+00:00Thanks John, this was very helpful in understandin...Thanks John, this was very helpful in understanding better the power of life in blood & understanding the surpassing excellence of Jesus blood,<br />Bless u Raninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842260823875796403.post-4281656332315399742010-09-15T23:40:54.948+01:002010-09-15T23:40:54.948+01:00Hello John
As a former hairstylist, I can agree th...Hello John<br />As a former hairstylist, I can agree that hair is dead - but- the roots need a healthy blood supply. Hair is not just a covering, it is a warning as well. Since my hubby lost his on top, he is really battered and bruised because the hair (like a cat's whisker) warns through nerve signals that a person's head is close to a low or narrow object. Without those hairy warnings, blood will flow quite regularly! :)<br /><br />Must add that my word verification is 'hairoap', that me! an oap and former hair tweeker. :D<br /><br />Same with nail cuticles. <br />Ever tried clipping a dog's claw? A fraction too close to the sensitive cuticle and you could lose your hand inside canine gnashers.Expected Imminentlynoreply@blogger.com