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The Old Testament sacrifices didn't cleanse from sin. Hebrews 10:4 says, "For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins."
Why then, did God have people living in the Old Testament to sacrifice animals? Answer: The blood sacrifices worked like a credit card.
I can go to the clothing store and buy a dress by charging it to my credit card. I can wear the dress before the bill has been paid because it has been charged to my account. The credit card is a promise to pay for the dress at a future time.
The Old Testament sacrifices worked like a credit card, charging their sins to Jesus' account.
The people offered the sacrifices by faith, believing that at a future time the Messiah would come to pay the "sin" bill.
On the Day of Atonement, the high priest sacrificed a goat for the nation of Israel. He laid his hands on another goat, which was called a scapegoat, and transferred the nations' sins to the scapegoat. When Jesus died on the cross, He paid for the sins of the world with His blood and became our scapegoat (John 1:29).
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Question: "What does the Bible say about animal rights?"
Answer: The Word of God does not mention the treatment of animals in great extent. However, from the creation account we get both how we must treat animals and what the Bible says about those animals. In Genesis 1 we find the creation of all things. It is during this chapter, in the Bible, that God sets the relationship between man and animal. (This relationship will change some in Genesis 9, which we will discuss later). In verses 28-30 in Genesis 1 God describes how man and animals are to exists. In verse 28 God gives to man authority over all that was created on earth. Man is to take care of and use the earth. Man is to have the authority over all that was created. This means that man is to ensure the control and protection of all that God had created.
We must be careful in this role. Many are for protecting every animal no matter the cost both to mankind and to the animals. However, it is important to notice what God does after the sin of man. Genesis 3 gives to us the details of the first sin man commits. In verse 21 God prepares for mankind a covering out of skin, for the first time an animal dies. The implications from this flow throughout the Word of God, because of man's sin death has entered the world. However, for our discussion on animals it is important to understand that the animals are to be used by men for our needs.
In Genesis 9 there is a change between man and animal. Up until this point in history animals were not used as food. However, God now puts certain animals in the diet of mankind. God also puts fear into the animals, so that they fear mankind. Again animals are used as to fill the needs of men. However, God continues His command in verse 2 to watch over these animals.
Animal cruelty should not take place if men truly have this command in proper perspective. We are to control the numbers of animals so disease and sickness do not kill them off, we are to use the animals for our needs, we are to control animals in a manner in which they are not harmful to humans, and finally we should protect them from over-killing and abuse. The problem lies in the fact that many do not understand this balance and tend to over protect or under protect animals. Animals were created for you and I to enjoy, so protecting a remnant for others to enjoy is also proper. Proverbs 12:10 tells us, "A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel."
http://www.gotquestions.org/animal-rights.html
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God required animal sacrifices so that mankind could receive forgiveness for their sins (Leviticus 4:35; 5:10). I could end there, but let me explain the significance of animal sacrifices as found in the Old Testament. To begin, animal sacrifice is an important motif found throughout Scripture. When Adam and Eve sinned, animals were killed by God to provide clothing for them (Genesis 3:21). Cain and Abel brought sacrifices to the Lord. Cain's was unacceptable because he brought fruit, while Abel's was acceptable because it was the "firstlings of his flock" (Genesis 4:4-5). After the flood receded, Noah sacrificed animals to God. This sacrifice from Noah was an aroma that was soothing to the Lord (Genesis 8:20-21). God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. Abraham obeyed God, but just as Abraham was to sacrifice Isaac, God intervened and provided a ram to die in the place of Isaac (Genesis 22:10-13).
The sacrificial system reaches its climax with the nation of Israel. God commanded the nation to perform numerous different sacrifices. According to Leviticus 1:1-4, a certain procedure was to be followed. First, the animal had to be spotless. Next, the person offering the sacrifice had to identify with the animal. Then the person offering the animal had to inflict death upon it. When done in faith, this sacrifice procured forgiveness of sins. Another sacrifice called the day of atonement, described in Leviticus 16, demonstrates forgiveness and the removal of sin. The high priest was to take two male goats for a sin offering. One of the goats was sacrificed as a sin offering for the people of Israel (Leviticus 16:15), while the other goat was released into the wilderness (Leviticus 16:20-22). The sin offering provided forgiveness, while the other goat provided the removal of sin.
The sacrifice motif does not stop with the nation of Israel. Animal sacrifices have ended because Jesus Christ was the ultimate sacrifice. John the Baptist recognized this when he saw Jesus for the first time, "Behold, the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). You may be asking yourself, why animals? What did they do wrong? That is the point, in that since the animals did no wrong, they died in place of the one performing the sacrifice. Jesus Christ also knew no wrong but willingly gave himself to die for the sins of mankind (1 Timothy 2:6). Many people call this idea of dying in place of someone else substitution. Jesus Christ took our sin upon himself and died in our place. As 2 Corinthians 5:21 says, "He (i.e., God) made him (i.e., Jesus) who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in him." Through faith in what Jesus Christ accomplished on the cross, the individual can receive forgiveness.
In summation, the animal sacrifices were commanded by God so that the individual could experience forgiveness of his sins. The animal served as a substitute--that is, the animal died in place of the sinner. Animal sacrifices have stopped with Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ was the ultimate sacrificial substitute and the only mediator between God and mankind (1 Timothy 2:5).
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I'm currently listening to Leviticus on tape in the car.
You know, I love the LORD YHWH Yahway and His Only Begotten Son Yeshua Jesus, but when I listened to Leviticus on tape in the car, I was wondering about all those poor animals that had to die for our sin offerings and trespass offerings and peace offerings, and so on.
And I was wondering about the animal rights movement and how animals are in many ways, if not in all ways except that we are made in the image and likeness of God and later in the image and likeness of Adam, but, other than that, how animals seem a lot like us in "interestingness".
So I was wondering about all those animals that our God through Moses asked Israel to kill for all those types of offerings. I was having a little trouble wondering why the animals had to die like that.
Can anyone help me with this?
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