A Voice In The Wilderness Animal Sacrific Index
| Isaiah 53: |
5: But he was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities:
the chastisement of our peace was upon him;
and with his stripes we are healed. 6: All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. |
After so great a sacrifice, how ought the sinner approach the Almighty? There is only one answer; and that is: with repentance, faith & gratitude.
| John 3: |
16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life. 18: He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. |
| John 1: | 29: ...Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. |
Do you believe these verses? Do you believe Yahweh gave His only begotten Son Yeshua to die in your place, and He is the Lamb of God? If you do, then you are in line for mercy, salvation and everlasting life.
| Hebrews 10: | 11: And every (Aaronic) priest standeth daily ministering and offering
oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12: But this man, after he had offered once sacrifice for sins for ever, sad down on the right hand of God; |
| Hebrews 9: | 8: The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest
of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: 9: Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; |
Yeshua's sacrifice under the Melchisedec Priesthood superseded all the sacrifices of the Aaronic priesthood; which were given simply to illustrate the higher spiritual objectives the Messiah would achieve.
| Hebrews 7: | 27: ...as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did ONCE, when he offered up himself. |
| Hebrews 9: | 26: For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of
the world: but now ONCE in the end of the world hath he appeared to
put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 28: So Christ was ONCE offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. |
| Hebrews 10: | 14: For by ONE offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. |
| Hebrews 9: | 23: It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. |
| Hebrews 10: | 5: Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and
offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 8: Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; |
| Hebrews 10:9 | Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. |
Yeshua's blood represents his life. It means far more than the sacrifice that took his life.
As you read the following Bible texts, bear that vital truth in mind, every reference to the Savior's blood is in fact, a reference to 'his life.'! Sure, Yeshua's sacrifice was the act of giving up his life. However, his sacrificial death doesn't cleans us. It is the faithful application of his life-giving blood to our souls that cleanses us from sin. In ancient days, it wasn't the animal's death that cleansed the sinner; it was the application or 'sprinkling of its blood' upon the sinner that sybolically cleansed him. Do not miss the subtle difference; because some modern translations (Good News Bible) often omit the word blood by replacing it with the phrase sacrificial death; These are mistranslations of the Real Word of God!.
| Acts 20: | 28: Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which He hath purchased with his own blood. |
| Ephesians 1: | 7: In whom we have redemption through his blood... also (Colossians 1:14) |
| 1 Peter 1: | 19: (Redeemed) ...with the precious blood of Christ... |
Prior to Calvary, the process of cleansing from leprosy, menstruation, touching a corpse etc. all called for a blood sacrifice and washing (Leviticus 14 & 15, Matthew 8:4). The spiritual realities these conditions symbolized (i.e. leprosy symbolized sin) are all cleansed by the blood of Christ. And though washing with soap and water is still necessary to keep physically clean, there is now no need for a blood sacrifice: because Christ's blood cleanses the believer form every spiritual impurity.
| 1 John 1: | 7: ...the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." |
| Revelation 1: | 5: ...washed us from our sins in his own blood, |
| Revelation 7: | 14: ...washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. |
| Hebrews 9: |
13: For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an
heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? |
| Romans 5: | 9: Much more then, being now justified by his blood... |
| Hebrews 13: | 12: Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. |
This text pictures the unclean person or leper who was obliged to abide
outside the camp because of uncleanness. Messiah's blood sanctifies
(purifies and sets apart) the unclean believer and qualifies him/her to
re-enter the camp and the Father's presence.
| Ephesians 2: | 13: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. |
| Colossians 1: | 20: And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. |
A Voice In The Wilderness Animal Sacrific Index