Before Christ was born, followers of God needed to sacrifice the best of their flocks to God, to clear them of sin. Then, in a moment of great compassion, God let humans slaughter his "son" as a final sacrifice, which would allow him to forgive sins from then on without any further deaths of humans or animals. My question is, why did God require a sacrifice at all? Couldn't he just forgive sins for the sake of it? Surely a God who can do anything can forgive sins without someone or something getting killed???
2007-08-05 01:32:49 · 13 answers · asked by MJF 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A very sick cult god of blood....strange Christians find ways to over look that...a god that needs blood to make everything okay.......ya like that's a perfect god......they will wake up to this fact in time...when they start to think for themselves!
Can you stand it....look at the way they totally try to gloss over the fact their god found blood offerings"pleasing"....and NEEDED BLOOD to make everything okay......they just don't get it. A perfect God would never work like that...could never even think of something so ugly As blood offerings!
2007-08-05 01:36:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Okay this question has a simple answer....I recommend you read your Bible along with the book "What does the Bible Really Teach" edited by Jehovah's Witnesses. This book is awesome. It covers all the questions you might have like for example: What is the truth about God? Who is Jesus Christ? Where are the Dead? Why Does God Allow Suffering? How to Make Your Family Life Happy? Where can I find help to cope with my problems?, and many more. And the great thing is it's all based on the bible. There is not one paragraph in this book that doesn't include a scripture for you to compare to. So you can be sure the answers you get are coming from a strong foundation & not just opinions. I strongly encourage you to find that book.
2007-08-05 02:59:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Abel offered the first sacrifice on the planet, and God liked it so much that his own brother killed him for some reason only headcases understand. Seems like He'd have warned him or something? His brother was mad at God, so he gave God a sacrifice of his own. Maybe Abel acted all prissy and snooty about it though...
If you read all of the story...the very idea of sacrificing came from some pretty sick people, not from God. I see no evidence in this tale as written that God originated this peculiar dialogue. More like they took it upon themselves, so He played along with it.
2007-08-05 01:52:11 · answer #3 · answered by Ebby 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God had to be "just" and the "justifier" to conform to his nature. God declares that the wages of sin are death. Just like a human judge cannot clear a guilty person because he has sworn to uphold the law, so too can God not clear a person without the penalty being paid for their crimes against Him.
Romans 3:21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it-- 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
It isn't like Jesus laid down his life and that was the end of it you know.
Hebrews 10:11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
2007-08-05 02:33:07 · answer #4 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think it was to help them appreciate and remember the gravity of their sins and to ensure a more faithful committment to their own repentance.
The beauty now is that we are no longer bound by the old laws of sacrifice. One sacrifice has been made one time for all mankind, for the forgiveness of our sins.
Of course, you are obviously too ignorant and stubborn to accept this sacrifice, this free gift from God; and so most likely, will burn in Hell.
May God have mercy on your soul.
2007-08-05 01:42:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Of course He can, and if you ask Him, he will forgive your sins as well. The only requirement is that you actually admit them, and ASK! This is done to sweep pride out of the way and let forgiveness happen. Without that simple humility, (asking for help), no forgiveness can take place.
Just be careful to ask God, and not some impostor. There's a lot of those running around these days, (especially in the church) so be careful who you tell your stuff to.
2007-08-05 01:49:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
yes of course god can forgive,its within our own forgiveness,
god forgives,
being aware of our own mind and actions and reaction,
our feelings to what is forgiving,
brings about forgiveness,
sins are made unfortunetly because we are not aware at the time of wrong doing,how it may affect the victim as such being sinned against,and of course we blame god for allowing to happen,it comes from self responsibility of our actions in the end
2007-08-05 01:44:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The wages of the sin was death. God takes sin seriously. Jesus is the perfect sacrifice and animal sacrifices are not necessary now. Jesus fulfilled the Bible prophecy. : )
2007-08-05 01:45:54 · answer #8 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
This is the concept in Christianity that I could just never get my head round .........alhamdulillah, now I have found peace in Islam, where no such nonsense exists
2007-08-05 02:09:47 · answer #9 · answered by Muslimsister_2001@yahoo.co.uk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in Judaism, (ie: before jesus) the very point of this is actually adressed.
the explanation that was revealed to the rabbi's at the destruction of the temple, was that basically God DID forgive just because he felt like it, and that the blood never actually had any real function in and of itself.
but rather that the sacrifice was a sign of the repentance, that it was a gesture to show you really meant it.
some people INCORRECTLY refer to cain and able's sacrifices... saying that able, being a shepard, sacrificed one of his flock, and that cain, being a farmer, sacrificing some of his crop, did not have blood in it and thus it was not accepted, this is ENTIRELY WRONG.
its all about intent! cain's sacrifice was not accepted because his INTENT was not to please God, but to one-up his brother!
its all about intent, and the sacrifice was a gesture.
2007-08-05 01:41:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋