Where are you now giving sacrifices for your sins?? You have a day of atonement, but that is not in the old testament anywhere. If the prophets spoke of the end of sacrifice, why are you so hard pressed to believe in Jesus, though he fulfilled all prophesy??
2006-12-07 05:54:44 · 13 answers · asked by Kia V 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not Jewish but the day of atonement is very clearly taught in the Old Testament (Leviticus 16). And the Jews do not make sacrifices because you cannot make sacrifices any where other than the temple. Today they do Mtizvahs for atonement. I am not saying that is right, but that is what they do.
2006-12-07 06:01:18 · answer #1 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
When a person transgresses a mitzvah in the Torah, he destroys some of his inner holiness. He cuts himself off from the Godliness that lies at the essence of his soul.
When a person does Teshuva - "spiritual return" - he renews and rebuilds the inner world that he has destroyed. On one level, he is rebuilding his personal "Temple" so that God's presence (so to speak) will return there to dwell.
When one does Teshuva it is usually based on certain powerful internal realizations. Today, without the Temple service, one of the most powerful ways is through the inspiration of prayer. In fact, the Talmud (Brachot 26b) says that the formal daily prayers were instituted to replace the daily sacrifices.
Another source from the Talmud (Yerushlami Brachot) notes that in discussing the Temple service, the phrase "as God commanded Moses" occurs 18 times in the Torah portion of the Torah Pekudei. This is an allusion to the fact that the Shemonah Esray - the 18-blessing prayer which we recite three times daily now serves in place of the Temple service.
The verse says: "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit" (Psalms 51:19). This teaches us that a person who does Teshuva is regarded as if he had ascended to Jerusalem, built the Temple, erected the Altar, and offered all the offerings upon it.
Midrash, Vayikra Raba 7:2
During the Babylonian exile the Jewish people had no Temple yet attained atonement through their prayers. This is brought out in the Hebrew Scriptures. Ezra composed the text of the Shemonah Esray who knew how to awaken deep yearnings within the Jewish soul. Through prayer, we are to achieve a spiritual renewal which culminates in the desire for a full and total connection to God. A part of Ezra's prayer is as follows:
"Master of the Universe, You commanded us to bring the Daily Offering at its appointed time; and have the Kohanim perform their service, and the Levites sing and play music at the platform, and the Israelites attend at their stations.
And now, because of our sins, the Holy Temple is destroyed and the Daily Offering discontinued; we have neither a Kohen at his service, nor a Levite on his platform, nor an Israelite at his station. However, You have said, "Let the offerings of our lips replace bulls." Therefore, let it be Your will, our God and the God of our ancestors, that the prayer of our lips be considered and accepted and regarded favorably before You as if we had offered the Daily Offering at its appointed time, and stood in attendance at its service."
- Daily Shacharit Prayer
Further, since your question was inspired by a Christian ideology it is important that you understand that Jews do not accept human sacrifice as a means of atonement.
2006-12-07 14:14:57 · answer #2 · answered by Sholom 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because he didn't fulfill ALL the prophesies, only 23 of them. There are still over two hundred that are yet to be fulfilled and it is stated that before the coming of the Moshea (Messiah) that they will ALL be fulfilled. That is why Jews do not believe Jesus is the Moshea.
2006-12-07 14:09:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to realize a few things here: Jesus was a Hebrew, right? That means he WAS JEWISH!!! Jesus did NOT worship himself, and the earliest Christians were JEWS. Christians did not identify themselves separately from the Jews until the time of the Emperor Constantine... 300 years after Jesus's crucifixion. In other words, Jesus didn't become "God" until 300 years after his death. READ A HISTORY BOOK.
2006-12-07 14:00:20 · answer #4 · answered by Paul H 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Jesus did not fulfill all the prophecies to be considered the Messiah. He never rebuilt the temple of Solomon. God doesn't ask that Jews give sacrifices for their sins. God wants jews to ask those that they have wronged for forgiveness. Only the person that is wronged can give the wrongdoer absolution.
2006-12-07 13:58:08 · answer #5 · answered by kwightman69 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
we don't give sacrifices for our sins anymore. its christians who are obsessed with sacrifices atoning for sins, not jews. jews consider it a very inferior form of atonement, which is why in the scriptures it only atones for unintentional sins. there are all kinds of verses from our scriptures showing that prayer and repentance are the better method:
Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the Eternal a man avoids evil. [Proverbs 16:6]
To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Eternal than sacrifice. [Proverbs 21:3]
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. [Hosea 6:6]
Take words with you and return to the Eternal. Say to him: "Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the bulls of our lips. [Hosea 14:2]
You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. [Psalm 51:16-17]
He prays to God and finds favor with him, he sees God's face and shouts for joy; he is restored by God to his righteous state. [Job 33:26]
and of course, we can't forget:
With what shall I come before the Eternal and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Eternal be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Eternal require of you? Only to do Justice, and to love Mercy and to walk humbly with your God. [Micah 6:6-8]
scriptures make it clear that no sacrifices of anything or anyBODY are needed to atone for anybody's sins.
and as for yom kippur, that holiday comes straight from the torah. the only jewish holiday that does not come from any scriptures is chanukah.
2006-12-07 15:26:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kweightman.......Jesus was talking about his body not the Temple of Solomon.....he meant that although he would be crucified he would raise the 'temple' (his physical body) again in three days. The Pharisees didnt understand this; as they thought he was talking about the Temple of Solomon.
2006-12-07 14:12:24 · answer #7 · answered by noachian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sacrifice of the Temple is now our own going to ask forgiveness from those we harmed, and then going to ask for G-d's forgiveness.
Jesus did not fulfill the prophecies of the Tanakh--what you call the OT.
2006-12-07 13:59:09 · answer #8 · answered by Shossi 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
They are waiting to inherited the world, although the World, will belong to Satan, just before it becomes a purgatory so, they best do something, soon, and getting their priorities straight, before Satan for ever will be force to close the Door, of the purgatory to begin remodel of a the New hell, that will close the doors for ever to any escape.
2006-12-07 14:00:35 · answer #9 · answered by paradiseemperatorbluepinguin 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Oh my goodness, sister ... let's pray Quantrill or J.P. aren't here. Remember 2 Cor. 3:14.
Peace.
2006-12-07 13:58:18 · answer #10 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋