Why did God require animal sacrifices in the Old Testament? | GotQuestions.org
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Why did God require animal sacrifices? What are the origins of animal sacrifices according to the Bible? In this video we answer your question: Why did God require animal sacrifices in the Old Testament?
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- Hi there, many others like you have asked, why did God require animal sacrifices in the
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- Old Testament? Let's find out, shall we? You can also discover more on GotQuestions .org,
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- the place you go to find an answer. God required animal sacrifices to provide a temporary covering of sins and to foreshadow the perfect and complete sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
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- Animal sacrifice is an important theme found throughout the scripture, because without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.
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- When Adam and Eve sinned, animals were killed by God to provide clothing for them. After the flood receded,
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- Noah sacrificed animals to God. God commanded the nation of Israel to perform numerous sacrifices according to the certain procedures prescribed by God.
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- First, the animal had to be spotless. Second, the person offering the sacrifice had to identify with the animal.
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- Third, the person offering the animal had to inflict death upon it. When done in faith, this sacrifice provided a temporary covering of sins.
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- Another sacrifice called for on the Day of Atonement, the high priest was to take two male goats for a sin offering.
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- One of the goats was sacrificed as a sin offering for the people of Israel, while the other was released into the wilderness.
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- The sin offering provided forgiveness, while the other goat provided the removal of sin. Animal sacrifices have ended, because Jesus Christ was the ultimate and perfect sacrifice.
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- John the Baptist recognized this when he saw Jesus coming to be baptized. Look, the
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- Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Why animals? What did they do wrong?
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- That is the point. Since the animals did no wrong, they died in place of the one performing the sacrifice.
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- Jesus also did no wrong, but willingly gave himself to die for the sins of mankind in our place.
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- God made him, Jesus, who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
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- Through faith in what Jesus Christ accomplished on the cross, we can receive forgiveness.
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- Animal sacrifices foreshadowed Jesus' gift and were commanded by God so that the individual could experience forgiveness of sin.
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- The animal served as a temporary substitute, hence the repetitive sacrifices. In conclusion,
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- Jesus Christ was the ultimate sacrificial substitute once and for all time, and is now the only mediator between God and humanity.
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- The only basis on which an animal sacrifice provided acquittal is Christ, who would later sacrifice himself for our sins, providing the forgiveness that animal sacrifices could only illustrate.
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- Alright, that answers your question, why did God require animal sacrifices in the
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