How do the Jewish people get forgiveness of their sins today? In the Bible it said by a blood offering.?

Question

This question is from my heart,I just would like to know. This is not a mean question, please know this.
In my Bible time today ,I was reading about the sin offerings. Christians go to God in Jesus name seeking forgiveness. We believe His blood covers our sins.
Please no mean answers,show respect .
Thank you.

I have labored over the Bible many hours.Seeking Gods truth.There must be a blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin.

Sin ,has and always will be the act of doing wrong.
God does not change.

Answer 1

Today, Jews get forgiveness for their sins the same way we always have: through prayer, corrected behavior, and giving charity. It was only AFTER the forgiveness of sin that one brought a sacrifice to the Temple. Also, the blood offering only atoned for unintentional sin (flour worked too).

So, what was the sacrificial system to be replaced with during the times of the Jewish exhile?

In Hosea 3:4-5 you can find the prophesy that the Jewish people would not have a sacrificial system during the last period of time until the days of mashiach:

“… for the children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or seraphim. Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the latter days.”

After giving the prophesy that the children of Israel will be without a sacrificial system, one would expect the prophet to explain how it will be replaced, and he does (Hosea 14:2-3):

“Take words with you, and return to the Lord. Say to Him, ‘Take away all iniquity; receive us graciously, for we will render for bulls the offering of our lips.’”

Hosea does not tell the Jewish people to accept a human sacrifice, or the authority of a demigod, to replace the sacrificial system; he tells the Jewish people to “render for bulls the offering of our lips.” He tells them to pray.

King Solomon also foretells of the time the Jews will be exiled from Israel, unable to perform sacrifices and in need of forgiveness (I Kings 8:46-50):

“If they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to You… then You will hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause and forgive Your people who have sinned against You, and all their transgressions they have transgressed against You”

Again, the Jewish people are to offer prayers, rather than human sacrifice, to gain forgiveness.

On the topic of human sacrifice, it’s forbidden under Jewish law. The Book of Leviticus carefully details which species of animals are permitted to be sacrificed, and humans are not one of them - in fact the law against sacrificing people is repeated many times throughout the Hebrew Bible. This point is also emphasized in the story of Avraham and Yitzchak where the Lord directs Avraham to sacrifice the ram and not his son.

There is so much to go into about how forgiveness is attained and why the Christian concept of a human sacrifice atoning for the sins of mankind is unacceptable within Judaism that I cannot go into it all here. I urge to check out the links I’ve provided for further information.

Answer 2

First of all, the sacrificial service only completed the atonement for unintentional sins, and then only if the person offering it had completed the process of repentence with the correct intention. For all other sins, only sincere repentence was and is available.

Futher, God foresaw those times when then Temple would not be available for the sacrificial service. For these periods, sincere repentence serves the purpose. In the first chapter of Isaiah and elsewhere, God says that he wants sincere repentence rather than insincere sacrifices. The Bible provides proof for this because during the time between the Temples, Jews were able to gain atonement without sacrifices.

The purpose of the sacrifices were/are threefold. First, since the sacrifice was for an unintentional sin, ie one forgot God, the purpose was to bring one's focus back to God. Second, the realization that the animal (or in some cases flour, it was not necessarily a blood sacrifice) brought is being killed in the sinners place. And thirdly, it involves the concept that sincere repentence can, in a sense, convert sins into merits for a person. How so? The sacrifice was brought for 1 sin and 1 sin only, whatever that was in any particular case. If a person sinned twice, he had to bring 2 sacrifices. However, through repentence, which involves fulfilling many commandments, and the sacrifice itself, which involves many more, are all done only because the sin occurred in the first place. Therefore, 1 sin, dozens of commandments fulfilled.

Not a recommended way to gain merit, but it is a display of the Goodness of God that even one who sins, through his return to God, gains far more merit than was ever lost.

Answer 3

It simple- repent for your wrong deed and then make restitution to the person you wronged. If its a fellow man, then if you caused them monetary loss, return it plus a fifth. If you cannot since it did not have a monetary value- then the general principle is to give to charity to help the community. If its God- well, he knows if you are sorry for what you did. So with God- prayer is the first step, essentially pressurising yourself to do the right thing by looking into yourself.

The sacrifices were always only secondary- on numerous occasions it is said by the prophets that sarifices with the incorrect intentions are meaningless to God. Also, it is clearly stated that when someone cannot afford, or obtain, an animal for the korban chatas (atonement sacrifice)- then a orlah (mixture of flour and oil) can be sacrificed instead.

Answer 4

1) It's against the Torah to make sacrifices unless they're at the Temple in Jerusalem. There hasn't been a Temple since 70 CE. The same thing happened during the Babylonian exile, which is how synagogues began. At such times, prayer "replaces" sacrifice.

2) God forbade human sacrifice, didn't he?

3) We don't have the same conception of sin as Christians.

Answer 5

the jewish idea of sin is quite different than the christian one.
it's not about being sent to hell, or original sin, or damnation. the hebrew word for sin means "missing the mark", like an arrow. we learn from our mistakes, make reparations if necessary, and try to do better. for us, the emphasis is on this life, not in achieving access to heaven. we're not forever seeking forgiveness for our sins.

you are right that in biblical times, prayers were done through the sacrifice of animals. that ended when the second temple was destroyed. all of judaism was changed, eventually, to the model we find today with synagogues and prayer services, none of which existed during the temple days.
animal sacrifices were replaced with daily prayers.

Answer 6

We obtain forgiveness by prayer, repentance and acts of charity. Sacrifices were abolished and replaced by prayer when the Temple was destroyed. Also, our concept of "sin" is quite different from that of Christian religions--the word for "sin" in Hebrew comes from an archery term that means "to miss the mark."

Hope this helps.

Answer 7

Between Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur (the Day of Attonement) we have to make a legitimate and honest effort to anyone that we've wronged within the past year. On Yom Kippur we fast and pray all day and ask for forgiveness from G-d for the sins that we've committed aginst him.

Answer 8

By realizing we sinned
asking for forgiveness
and not doing it again

The same as we always have

Reread you bible a blood sacrifice is NOT required

For starters you can use flour

Also if you actually read the whole thing instead of just excerpts you will see numerous examples of NO sacrifice taking place.

EDIT:
Try reading it without your Jesus glasses.

Answer 9

Blood sacrifices were commanded by God to the people in the old testament, but the sacrifices symbolized Christ shedding His blood on the cross for our sins. Until Christ was to be born and die on the cross for the sins of His people, blood sacrifices had to be presented for the covering and cleansing of the sins of God's people. Today, blood sacrifices are no longer required because Christ paid the penalty on the cross for the sins of those born again in Christ. He shed His blood on the cross, thus, fulfilling the need for blood sacrifices.

Answer 10

hello

jews do not ask for forgiveness---they atone---often in old times with blood sacrifice, but more often now simply by making restitution.