Why does the God of the bible require animal and human sacrifices?

Question

why was sheding blood , and such a BARBARIC ACT, like the one of having Jesus tortured and cruxified necessary for forgiving our sins? God could have prevented all of this by :
Number one , if he did not put a tree in the garden so that Eve could not have eaten from it, number two if he did not create a snake to tempt Eve, number three THE SIMPLEST PART, WHY DID HE NOT FORGIVE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE,INSTEAD OF SENDING A JESUS LATER ON TO BE KILLED AND TORTURED SO THAT OUR SIN COULD BE FORGIVEN? WHAT IS UP WITH HIS LUST FOR ANIMAL AND HUMAN SACRIFICES?
If he is God and all forgiving why did he not forgive Adam and Eve in the first place?

SO IF HE IS PERFECT HE REQUIRE BLOOD TO BE SHED? WHAT KIND OF CRAZY THING IS THAT?
To me that is barbaric not good and not moral.

Answer 1

Virtually all ancient civilisations went through the phase of believing that shedding the blood of an innocent animal/human would appease their angry god(s).

Answer 2

The animals which are offered are a horrible picture of what needs to be done to satisfy sin. You see God purposely used a gruesome act to show:

1. That sin is horrible.
2. That there needs to be a payment for sin.
3. That payment is death

Each animal that was sacrificed was a horrible picture of what Jesus would do when He came to earth. Jesus would come as a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice and to reconcile us to God.

Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane "Oh my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me:" The answer (received from the triune God) was silence. There was no other way! God is merciful, but He is also perfectly righteous. All sin needs to be paid, no exceptions. Jesus responded "nevertheless not as I will, but thy will be done"

Answer 3

In the old testament animal sacrifices were necessary for forgiveness for sins and coming clean and pure before God. Christ's ransom made it possible for humans sins to be forgiven and to open up the way to God for prayers and closer relationships to God. The ransom made it no longer necessary to sacrafice animals. Because animal blood could not wash away sins. Blood of Christ made it possible, and really opened the way to forgiveness from God, so we can come into a clean relationship with Him.

Answer 4

Because God has a nature. His nature is perfect, sinless, and requires us to be sinless in order to be with Him. He created us to choose to be with Him, and those that choose to be with Him will do what it takes to do so. Back in the day, you could do whatever you wanted except eat from a certain tree (but we messed it up), then we had to follow a bunch of rules (which we could never do), so God came down as a man and paid the fine for all sin Himself. All we have to do is accept it. There are laws out there. God's laws. And those laws, if broken, require punishment. Somebody else paid the price for our transgression of The Law.

Answer 5

very simple, so much so you wont understand it,
1. Free will, is not free will without choice and options.
2. Without temptation there is no choice.
3. Because unlike humans God if perfectly just. If he says this than this is what will be. When he said you must not or I will, he follows through with what he said. A debt was made the debt had to be paid, Only a sinless offering could pay that debt, only one fit that sinless category. Laugh, mock, it does not change Gods Glory, it only will add to your own guilt.

Answer 6

There is no God of the bible but there is God of the religious people and the basis of belief is the bible.Their are no human and animal sacrifices which you are stating. That was the old traditions of the Israel people and the old Jews.
Do not believe what was in your mind and heart about the bible and God but believe the truth of it. Your thoughts are false
jtm
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Answer 7

A complicate question and sounds like your mind is already made up; however, I will give it a shot.

First you need to understand the scriptures and if you did you would not have need to ask - that is established, correct?

I cannot get into all the scriptures - so I will just try to explain that all sacrifices are not bloody. When a man gives a shirt to a man that has none - he actually sacrificed the shirt he owned so another may be warmed by it.

Sacrifices can be made by one that takes his son to the lake because he wants to go fishing - and there were other things needed to be done during that time; but, sacrificing that time for the son will be an experience that may last forever and turn the son from drugs or many other vices.

To the reason why bleeding is necessary - is because there is life in the blood - not meaning that it is the blood that keeps one alive - BUT;

There are things in the blood that you do not see with the naked eye or even under a microscope - as there are things still too small to be seen with our best magnification devices - they just discovered DNA around 20 years ago ... and things in the blood - the LIFE IN IT are even smaller than that - CONSIDERING ...

If you unraveled the DNA in any living cell - and held it up ... the strand is around 8 feet long but you cannot see it with the naked eye ... 8 feet long and in a cell that was not discovered until around 20 years ago ...

It is a law not to eat the blood because the life in it - the diseases and/or etc. will bring death and much pain and suffering before the death arrives. Animals need to be bled out to get rid of the blood before eating them.

Another thing about sacrifices - each time you eat a meal - it is in all actuallity - a sacrifice. You may not consider it as such - but; if you understood the scriptures, you would only agree.

The sons of Eli that were evil - went around the market place and they would stick in their knives or forks into POTS, TAKING OUT MEATS OF THE SACRIFICES ... some of the merchants begged for the fat to be burned first but Eli's sons would not allow that to be done ... they took of the sacrifices and ate.

Our Creator said that the sacrifices to him WAS HIS FOOD.

As far as the messiah's being sacrificed - he had to be bled free of blood so that he could fulfill the prophesy that he would not suffer corruption (decay). If the blood was still in him - he would have decayed and could not have fulfilled the prophesy and therefore would not have been our perfect High Priest that takes away our sins.

The blood of bulls and goats did not forgive any sin - it was a reminder that sin brings death. The man that sinned held his hand on the head of the animal while it was slaughtered so that the man who sinned will have his consciense jarred and remind him the next time he was presented that choice to sin or do righteousness - he might do righteousness - but the blood did not take away his sins - only the Blood of Yahshua messiah could do that.

If you could understand the plan of Yahweh our Heavenly Father you would not think these things were bad at all - but a blessing. You have no idea at this time - no offense meant and not trying to slander you or anyone else - the plan is not for anyone except the 144,000 - wherein there were also 3 out of 4 that fell away from the truth = keeping of the law.

The war soon to engulf the whole earth is for a lesson - that is why Adam and Eve were not forgiven at that time - who knows, maybe they will be later.

Mankind has to see what sin brings as it is the nature of man to sin. Sin brings curses (diseases) and not life and our creator is so merciful that he allows us to go our own way - to touch the hot stove after he warned us what doing that would bring ... BUT;

Whatever is consenting between two adults ... and that has brought over 100 strands of the palpaloma virus that is tearing up many as we speak. It was not something our Creator throws on people - he lovingly warned us that fornication and adultery - beastiality and/or etc. would cause this and he beggs us not to do these things ... mankind chooses differently and these things warned about naturally come on us in our bodies. That is a fact.

Our Creator said emphatically that he want NONE to perish - but he loves us each enough that he gives us the free will choice.

To do away with the law of Yahweh is like thinking you can do away with the law of gravity - just don't work no matter what you say to the contrary. Don't believe it - jump off the Empire State Building without any rope, parachute and/or etc. and explain how you overcame gravity when you reach the bottom. That was just an example and I hope you don't even consider trying it - the outcome though is the same as eating a peice of meat that has the blood in it -

Death ... -

As far as the tree - in the garden - it is not an apple tree. The same tree is mentioned in the last chapter of Revelation - it is the tree of life - it is the LAWS OF YAHWEH and not an apple. The apple was only representative of sin - symbollic.

As far as our messiah is concerned - he had the choice to live or be sacrificed. He was not stupid or deceived or mislead ... he knew exactly what was going to take place and he loved you enough to go through with it IN HOPES YOU WOULD REPENT AND TURN FROM YOUR SINS.

You have no idea what is ahead in the next few short months and the glory of the kingdom. Even those in the Animal Rights Movement are merciful enough to put down their animals to sleep when they get old and decrepit - don't they?

Well - mankind is getting old and decrepit and our Loving Father allowed his son to make the choice to be sacrificed or not - to free all mankind of all their sins so they can live in peace forever.

It is not our Creator that is bringing this destruction upon us - the scriptures have been mistranslated to make him look like an Oger ... he is jumping up and down with joy to see his plan almost complete - this aspect of the plan anyway that is upon us in these last days.

Do you think our Loving Creator is going to reach down from heaven and push the buttons for mankind to destroy himself??? Read Deuteronomy chapter 28 ... for crying out loud - Mosheh (Moses) warned you very clearly as to what will occur if you break his law and even described this nuclear war that is coming IN DETAIL - VIVID DETAIL ... even said the rain in that day will be powder and dust that will come down upon your heads until you are destroyed ... THAT IS FALLOUT ... is it not?

If you don't believe it - wait around for a couple short months and you will change your mind when your hair falls out and you become bald.

Mosheh (Moses) warned us all what would come if we do not keep the law - but; Yahweh knew this thousands of years in advance because he knows the hearts of man are evil continually. WE ARE BRINGING THIS UPON OUR OWN SELVES ... not some mean and ugly old gassy god - Yahweh is not even a god or a God or a GOD, he said all the gods will be destroyed - if he were a god he would also have to destroy himself and he will not be destroyed - but; will live forever with his sons and daughters who will wake up and repent.

You even know what sin is? Look at I Yahchanan (I John) 3: 4 and you will see clearly what sin is. Look at what the Disciples wrote in Hebrews 10: 27 ...you are being warned and in the books of Kepha (Peter) you are told that the earth will be burnt - the mountain will be melted with ferverent heat ...

Not because our creator is angry - he is not ... he told us what would occur and we would not listen - the destruction to come IS A LESSON ... to show us clearly that we cannot have eternal life unless we keep his house rules - his LAW.

Yahweh wants to forgive you as well and he is hoping you will take his offer.

Hope this cleared up some things a bit for you - if you are a vegetarian - please realize that science has proven that PLANTS SCREAM WHEN THEY ARE CUT AND WHEN THEY ARE EATEN.

If you ever saw a kosher killing - you would have to agree that it is virtually painless. When I slaughter a goat or anyone else who does it correctly - they will walk off while bleeding and get a drink - they will chew on grass or the cudd ... and then lay down and fall asleep. They don't even feel the pain and it is merciful.

You have people that love to kill and try to keep the blood in the animals so they can lose as little weight as possible when in the grocery store - they hit them with bolts in the brains ... smash them with sledge hammers and all kinds of cruel tortures ... Yahweh does not like this but he allows wicked men to do what they will at this time - SO THEY WILL LEARN A LESSON.

Yahweh in short - wants you to sacrifice yourself by turning from your sins and keeping his laws so he can let you live forever. It is your choice.

Peace;

Aintmyfault
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Answer 8

1. adam n eve are given mind and free will as we all do (cos GOD LOVES US, HE DOESN'T WANT TO MAKE US A ROBOT or SERVANTS), when we have kids we cant just protect them from bad things, eventhough we know that could harm them,. It is the children should listen to what their parents said (not to eat the tree)

2. SAME ANSWER as 1

3. BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TOO CRUEL and heartless, they don't know how to act to GOD that's been love them so much, what they know is just hurting HIM so so so much, and to remove thier sin, they have to sacrify animals that GOD likes (IT IS UP TO HIM HOW HE WANTS THE SIN REMOVED, HE IS GOD, the power, the king, the father),... But then, people were doing too much crime n sin, it needs a very pure and holy sacrifation from HIS SON. Jesus is pure n holy, HE is the only ONE who can removed that extremely huge human sin... and again how GOD want it done, it is up to HIM, HE is SOVEREIGN

He forgive Adam n EVe, but the realtionship was broken already.. they are the ones who too shame to have a relation back with GOD (it might be easy to describe when ur loved one cheat on you, eventhough how much u still love her, she might be too shame to get back to you, coz she knows that there is something broken, can't be same as before)

GOD did take care of them (read GENESIS), HE made them clothes to put on their body ....
GOD still let them to breed

now this is question for u
You love ur children so much, but they are too naughty and never listen to you.. what u gonna do... let them act like that or punish them so they know that is not good? (Anyway GOD is a forgivefull, no matter how bad HIS children, HE always find a way to take them back)

The fact of GOD is:
HE loves HIS children so much, but HE is gonna punish naughty children, so they can be better
HE wants to be loved by HIS children, but HE doesnt want to make them as ROBOT, who is gonna LISTEN to wahtever HE says, but has no heart or feeling or mind
HE doesnt want to be forgotten by HIS children, DO U WANT ur children forgetting u?

Answer 9

God put the tree there so they would have the option of disobeying Him.

He did forgive them, but since they were no longer perfect beings, they had to be cast from the Garden of Eden. Just because he punished them, didn't mean he loved them any less.

Answer 10

Primitive people invented a primitive God, but suddenly God evolves somewhere between the Old and the New Testament...it's quite remarkable...seems Darwin was right all along.