Why does God require death and blood to be able to speak with him?

Question

Why is it that you need to kill an innocent animal, and wipe it's blood on the four corners of an altar just to talk to him?

John Constantine, your stupidity truly amazes me.

MTM, The Bible talks about this in The Old Testament. Before Jesus. By the way, I've been a Christian all my life too.

Answer 1

Uh--that was in Moses' time--not now--and actually, if you want to know the truth--the only reason God "required" it was because it was what the people wanted, not what God "wanted."

It's all symbolic--pointing us towards the truth:

An altar is something built by mortal hands for the purpose of making an offering upon it, usually dedicated to a Deity. When one obeys the commands of God, one is effectually dedicating his or her works “upon the altar” before God, figuratively exclaiming, “Here, O my God, are my works that I have fulfilled and dedicated to Thee!” Therefore, being “slain upon the altar” means that one has sacrificed one’s life “for the word of God” by keeping His commandments.

Moses was commanded to construct an altar to specified dimensions. This is symbolic of the commandments of God being specific in their purpose, which Jesus gives as the greatest law and commandment of all the prophets— do unto others what you would have them do unto you.

Also, the four corners of the altar are symbolic of the four corners of the earth. The earth was laid out precisely as intended by the Creators according to the laws of nature given for this type of creation. Thus, in symbolic representation of this, the altar was meticulously and precisely constructed for the rebellious Jews:

Various instructions and precise details, which are a part of the Law of Moses, are detailed in Exodus 24:13 to 31:17 (a large amount). These “busy laws” of building a tabernacle, an altar, and an ark, and adorning them, along with all the works to be done with each, were given after the people had rejected the simple laws Moses had taught them.

These quotes come from a book explaining ALL of Revelation in the Bible. It is most amazing.

Answer 2

Uh, no. After the destruction of the Temple, the Jews asked God "what are we supposed to do for forgiveness now?"

God told them "The prayers of your lips will substitute for the bulls of sacrifice, from now on."

This is in the book of Hosea, LONG before Jesus. And by the way, human virgin blood sacrifice for sin (such as Jesus) was NEVER anything but an abomination in Judaism, and has never, ever been the role of the Messiah in Judaism. The Christians took the idea from old pagan religions that had human sacrifice for appeasing the gods, and stuck it right into their "new" religion.

The blood sacrifice of animals was NOT the plan in the beginning, but Abraham's people had just come out of a culture in which this was done (as it was done all over the area at that time), and it is difficult to wean a people from one thing to another suddenly.

So it was given to do animal sacrifices, but it was never intended to be a permanent thing. And after the destruction of the Temple, it existed no more.

Some rabbis say that when the 3rd Temple is rebuilt when the real Messiah comes, that animal sacrifices will resume. Other rabbis say no it won't, there is no reason to go backwards like that to a practice that was never intended to be permanent in the first place. I hope it doesn't resume, I think it is disgusting.

Source: Me, Jewish. Torah, Talmud, etc.

Answer 3

You display a very limited grasp of the Bible & religion.
What you describe is a pagan understanding of God.
But it is true that Judaism adopted this same practice.

The animal was being humanely slaughtered for food.
The belief was that the life of the animal was in the blood.
The blood was offerred to GOD for mankind's sins.

GOD utilized this primitive understanding to communicate.
Remember the instructions given at Passover in Egypt;
to slaughter a lamb & smear blood on the doorposts.

GOD gave up his only begotten Son as a sacrifice for us.
Jesus' blood was spilled on the altar of the wooden cross.
His Body & Blood became our food for the journey to eternity,
through the mystery of the eucharist (Mass).

Answer 4

You search the Scriptures... thats a good start.

Animal sacrifice was required by God in the Torah(first five books of the Bible) and was practiced by Jews until the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple at 70AD.

You quoted an Old testament sacrifice, it is for the Jews exclusively.

2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Proverbs 15:8, 29
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Jesus says in John 4:23 "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him."

You need not worry God does not allow animal sacrifice anymore. Ask God's forgiveness because Jesus says in John 6:37b ...and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

Jeremiah 33:3
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Answer 5

in a position depended on God for offering the sacrifice . Cains offering have been via his very own works. Deuteronomy 12:23 " in basic terms determine that thou consume no longer the blood: for the blood is the existence; and thou mayest no longer consume the existence with the flesh." It became right into a destiny look on the blood of Jesus being the sacrificial lamb.

Answer 6

well first of all we dont have to do that anymore, but it is because the wages of sin is death. When man sinned he was cut off from God because of that sin (I guess you could call it the rules that go along with sin), and so the only way sin can be done away with is through death, because (once again) the wages of sin is death. So everytime a man would sin, the wage of that sin would have to be death. Now the man could simply die and be eternally seperated from God, or something could die in his place, something perfect. Now back then lambs were used, a lamb without any spot or blemish, a 'perfect' lamb would take the mans place and die in his place. That went on for years until there was finally a sacrifice that could free all mankind of sin once and for all, and that was in Jesus Christ. He took our place with His death so that all of us can no longer be cut off from God (and no longer sacrifice lambs). I hope you now understand. God Bless

Answer 7

well, you don't anymore. When Jesus died on the cross, that ended all sacrifices, because He was sacrificed for all sin, past, present and future.
There is something about the blood. God refers to it as "lifeblood" There is power in blood. That is why it was shed for sins. God made the first sacrifice when he clothed Adam and Eve with the skins of animals. Adam was in charge of all the animals, and when they sinned, God "covered" them with the skin of the dead animals, which symobolized the "covering of sin" by blood. Jesus "covered all our sins" with His precious blood. There is nothing more powerful than the blood of Jesus Christ, which was shed for all our sins.
When Jesus died on the cross, the curtain in the temple tore in two. That was the curtain that was a barrier between man and God. The curtain tearing in two symbolized that Jesus removed the barrier between God and man, so we can come to Him in prayer, instead of through the priests with sacrifices the way they used to do.
So, only through Jesus Christ can you come to the Father. That's why we pray in the name of Jesus.

Answer 8

That is how they used to do it before God came down to earth in the form of a man. We no longer have to offer sacrificial animals. Jesus shed his blood for all of us. Talk to him!!!

And that wasn't to talk to God , that was to pay the price for sin, or you may be confusing the whole thing with people who worship satan.

Have someone explain the Bible to you.

Answer 9

God did not require that to talk to Him!!! Before Jesus came..NO ONE would enter Heaven, cuz a savior had not been born yet. and therefore, their sins could not be forgiven, and if they are not forgiven, then you are not gonna go to Heaven. but the only way for them to be forgiven, is by someones blood...but it had to be innocent persons blood who did not have to hold any responsiblity for any sins they commited, or if it was a person, then they had to be free of a sinful nature, they couldnt sin. so an animal that was clean...could not be held accountable for any sins, they committed, so they wiped the blood on the alter to COVER their sins. they did not do it to talk to God...they did it to be forgiven by God. then when Jesus came...Jesus was sinless, unlike an animal, and Jesus was able to ERASE the sin. there fore, they were forgiven, and could enter Heaven.

Answer 10

That is the old way before Jesus was born. We no longer have to do this.

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