Without animal sacrifices, how do Jewish people believe they can receive forgiveness from God?

The End of Temple Sacrifices After AD 70

Today's question is, if the Jewish people do not offer animal sacrifices, how do they believe they can receive forgiveness from God? In this video I'll answer that question from a biblical perspective.

Then afterwards, as always, I'll share some helpful resources, so stick around until the end. For all intents and purposes, the Jewish practice of animal sacrifices ended in AD 70, the year that the Romans destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem.

With the Temple gone, there is no longer a place for the sacrifices to be offered according to the Mosaic law. Repeatedly, in the Old Testament, the point is made that sacrifices were required to make atonement for sin.

The shedding of blood is what consecrated things and people to the Lord. With no blood sacrifice today, the Jews have no lawful way of atoning for their sin. Passover is still observed, but without the sacrifice.

Repentance, Prayer, and Good Deeds in Modern Jewish Thought

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is still on the calendar, but there is never an offering made for sin. The stipulations of the Mosaic law remain unchanged, but the Jewish people cannot make things right with God.

They cannot find forgiveness without an animal sacrifice. Modern Jews believe that forgiveness of sin is obtained through repentance, prayer, and.

Good deeds.

They use verses like Hosea 6, verse 6 to devalue the need for sacrifices. I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. Still, it is hard to overlook such passages as Leviticus 17, verse 11.

The life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar. It is the blood that makes atonement for one's life. The fact remains that there is no forgiveness without the shedding of blood.

Christ's Once-for-All Sacrifice and the New Covenant

Hebrews 9, verse 22. The animal sacrifices of the Old Covenant have been replaced by the once-for-all sacrifice for sin given by Jesus, the Messiah. As Jesus established the New Covenant, He died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the First Covenant.

Hebrews 9, verse 15. Within a generation of Christ's sacrifice, the Jewish temple was destroyed. The need for animal sacrifices no longer existed, for Christ had fulfilled the righteous requirements.

Of the law.

Animal sacrifices were merely a type of the perfect sacrifice, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world. John 1, verse 29. The sacrifice of Christ paid the debt of sin for all mankind, both Jew and Gentile.

Further Resources and Closing

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