Why does God require blood to keep him satiated?

Question

This is a common theme throughout the Bible, whether is it animals, children, or his own son.

Answer 1

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK SO????

Cruelty and Violence in Ezekiel

1. If a good person does something wrong after God "lays a stumbling block before him," then God will kill him. "He shall die in his sin" and whatever good he has done will be forgotten. 3:20

2. God will cause the fathers to eat their sons and the sons to eat their fathers. 5:10

3. God will slaughter everyone by killing one third with plagues, one third with famines, and one third with wars. If any somehow survive, he'll send "evil beasts" to devour them. Finally, after he's done killing, he "will be comforted." 5:11-17

4. God will decorate the land with the bones and dead bodies of those who worship a different god. 6:4-5

5. God makes his presence known by killing people with famine, disease, and war. 6:7-14

6. God will pour out his fury on everyone, with pity toward none. By so doing he says that "ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth." Indeed, who would else would behave so viciously? 7:3-9

7. God's is mad at everyone and no one will escape his wrath. He'll kill them all with war, disease, and starvation. "Horror shall cover them" and "they shall know that I am the Lord." 7:14-28

8. God promises again to slaughter everyone. He says that he will ignore them when they plead with him for mercy. 8:18

9. God sends a "man clothed with linen" to mark the foreheads of the men who will be saved. Apparently only men are considered good enough to keep, the others (unmarked men, "maids", little children, and women) are to be slaughtered. God says he'll "fill the courts with the slain" and will have pity on no one. 9:4-10

10. When you fall by the sword, you'll know that he is the Lord. 11:8-12

11. When God kills everyone in the city, then you'll know that he is the Lord. (Who else would be so cruel?) 12:15-16, 20

12. God gets mad at a wall and destroys it, along with those who worked on it. 13:14-15

13. God again vows to destroy those that dare worship something or someone other than him. 14:6-8

14. God deceives some of his prophets and then kills them for believing his lies. 14:9

15. When really bad things happen (like you get eaten by wild beasts, get killed in war, get sick and die, etc.), then you'll know that it was God that did it to you. 14:13, 15, 19, 21

16. God will burn the inhabitants of Jerusalem to show everyone that he is the Lord. 15:6-7

17. For being such a whore, God punished Jerusalem by starving the Israelites and handing them over to the Philistines. 16:17

18. After exposing her nakedness, God will give her "blood in fury and jealousy" and strip her naked once more. 16:38-41

19. God gave the Israelites "statutes that were not good and judgments whereby they should not live." He "polluted" them so that he "might make them desolate" and force them to kill and sacrifice their children "that they might know" that he is the Lord. 20:25-26

20. God will set a fire in the southern kingdom that will devour everything and burn everyone. "And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it." 20:47-48

21. God will kill everyone -- good and bad, just and unjust. 21:3-4

22. God describes the various ways that he will kill people. 21:8-32

23. "Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land ... for I the LORD have spoken it." 21:32

24. God will gather all of Israel and consume them in the fires of his anger. 22:20-22

25. God couldn't find anyone to stand up to him, so he's going to destroy everyone. 22:30-31

26. Two sisters were guilty of "committing whoredoms" by pressing their breasts and bruising "the teats of their virginity." As a punishment, one sister's nakedness was discovered, her children were taken from her, and she was killed by the sword. And the fate of the surviving sister was even worse: Her nose and ears were cut off, she was made to "pluck off" her own breasts, and then after being raped and mutilated, she is stoned to death. 23:1-49

27. God gets all excited about cooking with "scum" and human flesh, saying "kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned." 24:3-14

28. God kills Ezekiel's wife and then tells him not to mourn her. 24:15-18

29. God will kill everyone that claps his hands or stamps his feet "against the land of Israel." When he's done with the killing everyone will know that he is the Lord. 25:6-17

30. God says he will destroy Tyrus. He plans to kill everyone, but he is especially looking forward to killing all of the women. "And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD." 26:1-21

31. Now God has singled out the king of Tyre for his tirades. 28:7-10, 18-19

32. Watch out or God will make you "die the deaths of the uncircumcised," which is, no doubt, a most unpleasant death. 28:10

33. God says that Zidon will know that he is the Lord when he sends "pestilence and blood into her streets." 28:22-23

34. God tells Ezekiel to prophesy against the pharaoh and against all Egypt. God says he will feed the Egyptians to the birds and beasts. 29:2-5

35. God makes "all their loins to be at a stand." When this is achieved, God will get out his sword and "cut off man and beast out of thee." Ouch! 29:7-9

36. God will punish Egypt and her allies by sending Nebuchadrezzar to "fill the land with the slain." Then he will make "the rivers dry," sell the land to "the wicked," make "the land waste," light fires, and kill all their young men with the sword. 30:4-26

37. "And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt." (The Divine Pyromaniac) 30:8, 30:14, 30:16

38. God will treat Pharaoh like a whale fished out of the sea. Every bird and beast in the world will feed upon him. 32:3-6

39. God will vex the hearts of many people, destroy entire nations, brandish his sword, kill animals, and cause floods. In this way people will come to know him (just before he kills them?). 32:9-15

40. God takes a break from killing people while he kills all the animals in Egypt. 32:13

41. Pharaoh and all his multitude, along with the uncircumcised, will be killed with the sword. 32:20-32

42. If a "righteous" person does something wrong, God will forget every good thing that that person has ever done. Then God will kill him for the single mistake. 33:13

43. God plans some more killing by the sword, beasts, and the pestilence. 33:27-29

44. God will kill everyone in the cities, "and thou shalt know that I am the LORD." 35:3-4

45. "And I will fill his mountains with his slain men, and ye shalt know that I am the LORD." 35:6-9

46. God will return their own anger and hatred upon them, "and they shall know that I am the LORD." 35:11-15

47. Someday the God of Peace will start a war between Gog and Israel. 38:16

48. God will cause each man's sword to be against his brother; he will send disease and make it rain fire and brimstone. He says that by doing this he'll magnify and sanctify himself and let everyone know that he is the Lord. 38:21-23

49. God will have birds and beasts eat human flesh and drink human blood until they are full and drunken. 39:4, 17-20, 28

50. God "will send a fire on Magog ... and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord." 39:6-7

51. God hid his face from the Israelites, refusing to hear their prayers, while giving "them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword." 39:23-24

Answer 2

It all has to do with two major themes: life for life and sacrifice. All the Old Testament stuff was a prelude to help the people get an idea of what it means for someone or something else actually pay the price for someone else's sins. The big difference from the Old and New Testament is that the animals in the Old Testament had no choices in giving themselves and in the New Testament Jesus had the choice and freely chose to give Himself for us. Don't get too hung up on all the blood stuff though. It is more about the loving sacrifice for sin that redeems (or buys us back) that counts. One of the most beautiful phrases written says, while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. In other words, He didn't wait for us to get our act together to pay the price and make the way for us.

Answer 3

blood sacrifice WAS a common theme, prior to the ultimate blood sacrifice made by Jesus. Why? Asking a why of God is senseless. Blood is serious. Blood is symbolic. Blood represents life, commitment, honor ---all that is good and important can be symbolized by blood. A blood sacrifice represented something to both God and to a more primitive man. Something that perhaps even man was incapable of understand consciously, but reacted to subconsciously.

The ultimate blood sacrifice of Jesus, symbolizes much more of an understanding of OURselves, and our understanding of God. It represents our growth from a primitive to a more enlightened being. It was a huge step.

Answer 4

I don’t know if its rather to keep him satiated, I’m sure he is pleased with those who serve him regardless but blood is the greatest connection to life. It connects generations to generations, and thus children to fathers, i.e. us being the children and God being our father. This is a good question for a pastor or spiritual advisor. Good question.

Answer 5

think of how vital blood is to living.... now think of what the purpose of sacraficing is..... what more important thing could one offer to a god than blood, blood being so important to any living creature.... so by offering something so precious you are making a true sacrafice to what ever god it is that the sacrafice is being made. so that is why the bible makes so much mention of blood sacrafices, alot of other ancient cultures also did that type of sacrafice as well. not just early christians, the mayans the incas, aztecs, just to name a few

Answer 6

i exchange into by no ability instructed. The human blood sacrifices exchange into from an historic concept of the human beings (earlier Adam and Eve) who worshiped the Dragon that fluctuate into grew to become right into a Serpent while it introduces to devour the Apple, an historic information. A clarification why Abraham exchange into examined and without hesitation accompanied an preparation because of the fact he theory it exchange into organic for God to ask until eventually he exchange into stopped because of the fact the actual God will by no ability require of it. Then, offering of animal blood as a sacrifice have been basically required of the Jews to render peace offering to God for their idolatrous behaviors and their stubbornness. In time of Abel, he exchange into doing animals sacrifices because of the fact fluctuate into probably what he observed being executed by employing human beings outdoors the backyard, it extremely joyful God yet possibly it exchange into no longer however the suited time to declare that he will want that on an appropriate time and stipulations for the Sons of God.. in actuality interior the top on the time of Isaiah, God reported that He would not want those form of offering yet "Mercy". Jesus dying exchange into no longer a blood sacrifice, he exchange into flogged by employing his very own adult men (the Jews) for including, omitting and changing words written interior the previous Testaments and a blasphemous declare of being god and he exchange into crucified by employing the Romans for concern of being a insurrection chief against Rome. examine Deuteronomy.24:sixteen, Ezekiel 18 and Jeremiah 30:29-30

Answer 7

I am a Christian and would like to know this too. That's one of the parts I hate about the bible, along with men being the ultimate ruler over women and animals.

Answer 8

Blood is the life force.

Answer 9

because the life is in the blood

Answer 10

I hope you don't think that He KEEPS requiring blood. That became unnecessary when Jesus died for our sins, WILLINGLY. He didn't have to. That's what His death was all about.

Answer 11

Another reason why the biblical god and most of the bible is complete fiction.