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If Jesus was the Lamb of God who was slain for our sins, doesn't that make him a human sacrifice? How can any modern, educated person participate in a religion founded on the concept of human sacrifice and ritual cannibalism (the Lord's Supper)? Wake up, my friend. Your belief system is irrationally superstitious and highly immoral.

Thank you for this explanation. I am a Christian and read/listen to a lot about bible prophesy and was wondering why the Jewish people no longer offer animal sacrifices, especially since they don't consider Jesus as their Savior. I will continue to pray for them, and all others, to accept Jesus as Lord!

There is nothing more immoral than to deny and refuse the sacrifice of God's only Son for us in forgiveness of our sins. There is not any cannibalism involved. That notion is the twisting of God's Word to meet the unbeliever's lack of belief in Jesus Christ. Only one God out of all of the gods in the world had so much love, compassion and mercy on His creation that He sacrificed His only Son for us. Communion and wine are sweet to the lips of Believers as God created it to be. That is a fact.

With the one permanent and perfect sacrifice Jesus offered as the spotless Lamb of God, there is no other acceptable sacrifice for sin in the Lord's eyes. However, animal sacrifice WILL be reinstated in the Tribulation. It will continue in the millennial kingdom where worship will be from a Jewish distinction rather than from a Christian distinction. Animal sacrifice will be required, but NOT for the purpose of atonement or forgiveness for sin but rather for ceremonial cleansing from sin in order for entrance into the Temple. Those who enter into the kingdom in their mortal bodies still possess a sin nature and will need to be ceremonially clean in order to stand in the presence of God in the Temple.

The question about human sacrifice is a good question. The answer can be understood in seeing that if it werea human offering another human as a sacrifice then yes that would be immoral and a sin. However it was God Himself who offered this sacrifice to Himself so it is something that transcends us beyond what we could establish. God being the sacrifice in the body of a man and sinless. That is the real meat of the question is that the man was sinless and taking the place of everyone who would believe in Him. God being in a man’s body offering Himself up to God the father in heaven for man and women. This is totally mind boggling. I know. But take your time to think about it and pray to the father to show you something. Amen?

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believe on him should not perish, but have everlasting life. He or she that believe is not condemn, but they that believe not is condemned already because of their choice, not to accept the sacrifice of the Lord... for him, and for her... everyone will on that day give account for their choices (work s) Make your excuse and sound clever, but the Lord will have the last word.

Gary, Read John chapter 6 verse 53: Jesus said, “Truly, truly I say unto you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you shall have no life in you.” Many, many disciples left Jesus upon hearing this because they thought the teaching was too hard (cannibalistic) like you. If you are not an atheist and believe in God, surely you believe he can do all things. It’s is the miracle of transsubstantiation at the Mass where bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood, soul and divinity of our Lord. Jesus at the Last Supper commanded us to celebrate in like manner which we do in His church. Being inquisitive is a good thing. Although you may vehemently disagree, the Holy Spirit may be working in you as you seek the Truth. God bless!

Brother Gary, please understand that God himself, the one who created us in his own image, sent his own begotten son to be sacrificed in place of animals. The bread and wine (Communion) are only symbolic of one accepting Jesus Christ as his or her savior. Besides, if Jesus was the begotten son of God representing God on earth, what harm is there if we take a piece of God into our earthly bodies? It was Jesus himself who commanded us to do so in remembrance of him so what choice have we?

Animal sacrifices have stopped because there is no physical house of the LORD anymore. Sounds like a cop out. What’s the synagogue for then? Is it not a house of worship for the Lord? God was not physically in the temple during Jesus day as he was in the Tabernacle during Moses’s. Yet they made animal sacrifices during Jesus day. If Jews expound the Torah so much and don’t accept the revelation of Christ as messiah. They should stick to the law that tells them to atone for their sins. But they do not. So they did not follow the law when given to them neither when Christ was revealed. Point is they will always make excuses for why they’re in sin but never accept that God is God enough to clean them completely through the BLOOD of Christ. Even though blood is how sin was atoned for…No wonder, God grafted gentiles in because who can contend with such hypocrisy?

@gary You have legitimate points, but I think your level of analysis is off. Extremely secular thinkers like Brett Weinstein speak of the importance of metaphorical truth. And the great french anthropologist wrote extensively on the mythical architecture of Christianity and how it upended the millennia of sacrificial traditions that preceded it. You can learn more about that here:
https://theweek.com/articles/587772/unlikely-christianity-ren-girard
Wishing you well, brother...

The comment about human sacrifice and ritual cannibalism lacks a basic understanding of the tenants of Christianity. Jesus Christ wasn’t sacrificed by Christians or Jews as a religious human sacrifice. The bread and wine of the last supper isn’t “ritualistic cannibalism” as alluded to. Jesus Christ was put to death by the Romans, largely due to political pressure, yet after having been proclaimed by Pilot the magistrate leader as without fault, and as a form of capitol punishment, which was the common practice of the day. If anything it was a gross injustice and wrongful execution. However, the reason his death is considered a sacrifice isn’t because the Jews or Romans considered him innocent but rather because he WAS innocent, without sin. Also, as the only begotten son of God the Father he had the literal power to stop his death at any given moment and could have easily vanquished those doing it to him, but instead he willingly gave up his life to fulfil the will of God his father. Not only did he have the power to willingly give his life as a sacrifice for sin but he also had the power to take it up again and become resurrected which he did do only 3 days after his death. You don’t have to believe it by faith alone. It’s well documented. In all of this he overcame the power and hold that both sin and death have on every individual in the entire human race. It’s because of the supernal gift of Jesus Christs’ atoning sacrifice that we all will be resurrected some day after we die and why we can be forgiven of our sins both here now and for the eternities hereafter. All of this, only on the condition that we willingly accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and willingly repent of our sins. The bread and wine of the last supper is symbolic and is partaken in “remembrance” of his flesh and blood that was freely given and spilt to atone for the sins of all who will accept him as their Lord and Savior. You may not believe now, and that’s okay I suppose. However, the scriptures say that every one of us will one day bow the knee confess that Jesus is the Christ.

The "third Temple" has been built. Jesus is the Cornerstone. And every believer is a stone in it. The Sacrifice was Jesus, The Lamb of God. There are no required Sacrifices any longer, The former things have passed away and Jesus made all things new, His blood was the Sacrifice. The Cross was the Tree and His Body the Fruit that each of us must partake of to have Everlasting Life. As Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the Tree that brought death to us all we must eat of His fruit to regain Life eternal, as it was in the Beginning. We live in the New Covenant. The Messiah Came. seek him while he can be found

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Prophet Jesus is a human being 100%. He was born from a virgin mother without sperms as sheep dolly was made from her mother’s cell or as our father prophet Adam was made out of clay. .

Jesus didn’t die on the cross either but rather he was raised to heaven alive. The Jewish sacrifice and all other rituals are things from old because God has sent The promised Prophet Muhammad with a newest set of teachings that abolished the previously new rules of Jesus as well as the oldest rules of Moses..

In Islam animal sacrifice is carried near the New Jerusalem the descended from Heaven which is Makkah because the order came from heaven to pray towards Makkah instead of Jerusalem. Muslims slaughter millions of sheep on a single day every year during pilgrimage season to commemorate the occasion of Abraham slaughtering his son whom God redeemed with a sheep..

The rest of the Muslims who are not in Haj or pilgrimage can slaughter the sheep at any place where they live. The meat normally distributed into 2 parts one for the poor, one for the relatives and neighbours and one for the family who did the sacrifice. So all the meat will be consumed as food and still God will reward the person who did the sacrifice with lots of credit. It is a token that we are willing to obey the rules of God even if they were to slaughter our sons.

I could not notice the comment by Gary and wonder what his solution would be for humanities sin debt penalty?

Listen to Jesus and let God be the judge. Make the way ready for the Lord! Don't worry about the speck in your brother's eye but ignore the log in your own. Leave the Hebrews to their ways and customs. They are God's chosen people. They took on the spiritual, mental, and physical cost of revealing the God of abraham and the coming on Jesus to the world. Follow the commandments and humble yourself before the Lord.

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God answered the devil's rebellion of his authority with a projected plan as a remedy. (Genesis 3:15) God would provide a seed (Jesus), who would be bruised in the heel by the devil but would ultimately deliver a final death blow to the head of the devil. In harmony with God's standard of "an eye for an eye", (Leviticus 24:20) a perfect life was lost so a perfect (sinless) life was needed to balance justice. Mankind couldn't provide a perfect (sinless) life, so God gave his son from heaven. (John 3:16) God considers blood to be very special because " the life is in the blood." (Leviticus 17:11) Jesus's death was the heel wound but as God's plan plays out, the resurrected Jesus has all authority as ruling heavenly king to deliver the deadly head wound to the devil. (Daniel 7:13,14, Matthew 28:19 )

God answered the devil's rebellion of his authority with a projected plan as a remedy. (Genesis 3:15) God would provide a seed (Jesus), who would be bruised in the heel by the devil but would ultimately deliver a final death blow to the head of the devil. In harmony with God's standard of "an eye for an eye", (Leviticus 24:20) a perfect life was lost so a perfect (sinless) life was needed to balance justice. Mankind couldn't provide a perfect (sinless) life, so God gave his son from heaven. (John 3:16) God considers blood to be very special because " the life is in the blood." (Leviticus 17:11) Jesus's death was the heel wound but as God's plan plays out, the resurrected Jesus has all authority as ruling heavenly king to deliver the deadly head wound to the devil. (Daniel 7:13,14, Matthew 28:18) You can learn more about God's kingdom at JW.ORG

God answered the devil's rebellion of his authority with a projected plan as a remedy. (Genesis 3:15) God would provide a seed (Jesus), who would be bruised in the heel by the devil but would ultimately deliver a final death blow to the head of the devil. In harmony with God's standard of "an eye for an eye", (Leviticus 24:20) a perfect life was lost so a perfect (sinless) life was needed to balance justice. Mankind couldn't provide a perfect (sinless) life, so God gave his son from heaven. (John 3:16) God considers blood to be very special because " the life is in the blood." (Leviticus 17:11) Jesus's death was the heel wound but as God's plan plays out, the resurrected Jesus has all authority as ruling heavenly king to deliver the deadly head wound to the devil. (Daniel 7:13,14, Matthew 28:18) God has promised that this kingdom government ruled by his son will "crush and destroy" all others. (Daniel 2:44) Jesus taught his disciples to pray for God's kingdom (Matthew 6:10) jw.org

The Jewish people stopped animal sacrifice more than 500 years before Jesus was born at the destruction of the second temple. It was no longer practiced for generations by the time Jesus, a Jewish Rabbi, had come onto the scene.

@jennifer cramer, you have been ill-informed about the point sacrifice stopped. It is well-understood that sacrifice continued after the first destruction of Jerusalem. In fact, upon the rebuilding of Zerubbabel's temple, there were dedicatory sacrifices (Ezra 6:16-18). Moreover, the Mishnah and Talmud, early Jewish traditions, clearly identify sacrifices happening at the time of Christ. For example, Talmud Yoma 39b says that they were performing the Day of Atonement sacrifices 40 years before the destruction of the temple.

The one thing that confuses me about this is that sacrifices were offered to God before the temple in Jerusalem was built. The tabernacle was in more of a special tent then. Why can't this still be the case?

My response to Jesus' alleged "human sacrifice" argument would be first, the Gospel is for believers just as any faith- based belief system. As believers we know Jesus is full God and was full man when he walked the earth. As such, Jesus' sacrifice was not imposed by 3rd parties rather self-imposed given He had the authority and power to have avoided it but chose compassion and love towards mankind which is the true essence of the Gospel. Hence His death and resurrection is the one and only occasion which could possibly have any resemblance to "human sacrifice", a far cry from misguided notions of required human sacrifices analogous to Old Testament practices.