Pastor Ralph Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 Q5. In what sense is God's provision of animal sacrifice for forgiveness of sins an expression of his mercy? Were animal sacrifices actually adequate to atone for human sin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darleen Nelson Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 Through the animal sacrifice the Lord mercifully gave sinful man a means of receiving forgiveness. Man was able to substitute an animal for himself. The act of sacrifice demonstarted the acceptanceof God's salvation and signified the obedience to follow His plan wholeheartedly. Sacrifice cuased the people to recognice their sin and focus on living for God. Without obedience the sacrifices were useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diane Seid Posted March 9, 2003 Report Share Posted March 9, 2003 God's loves us deeply and desires closeness with us even when we have sinned. Sin separates us from God and would forever without atonement. That's why God provided a way for the Isrealites to atone for their sins. An animal is hardly worthy and yet His love allowed it to be acceptable. We are fortunate to live in a time where Christ has atoned for our sins for us and all we have to do is confess our sin and ask for forgiveness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peggie Posted March 10, 2003 Report Share Posted March 10, 2003 Animal sacrifice expresses God's mercy in that the payment for sin is death, but because of God's mercy an animal could be sacrificed instead of the person. No, animal sacrifices could not atone for sin. Othewise, there would have been no need for Jesus to suffer the cruel death that HE did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omie Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 + In Leviticus we learn that God's reason for sacrifice, (from doves, to the best & purest animals) was to remind them to worship God, and for them to be aware how serious sin was and the need for forgiveness. + Animal sin sacrifices were eventually fufilled in Christ. Christ is our High Priest and in this new covenent our Mediator. (Hebrews 8 - 10) <>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 Sin is repugnant to Our Heavenly Father, the animal sacrifice was a way of purging ourselves of sin in order to be reconciled with God. This He allowed for sin separates us from Him and this separation He did not want, Oh if we could fully understand the love He has for us. The animal sacrifices were not enough to pay for human sin. but they prepared a way for a sacrifice that was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 Q5. In what sense is God's provision of animal sacrifice for forgiveness of sins an expression of his mercy? Were animal sacrifices actually adequate to atone for human sin? Exposition I believe one has to be responsible for his sin but why God choose an animal as an escape for man?! Pity the animals. Got killed for no apparent reason. Why there's no other way for the atonement of sin. But what was commanded and practised in the OT has become a shadow of the NT, whereby in the NT we got a clearer picture and realised that the element of sacrifice was now the Son of God. Sin is a serious issue. Animal sacrifice is inadequate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Wardrop Posted March 12, 2003 Report Share Posted March 12, 2003 Ques 5 & 6: Although costly and bloody, God designed this concept to teach some very important lessons, to wit: Result of disobedience (sin) is death: the death of each animal being a reminder. The process of purging sin is a costly and bloody affair. Access to God's presence without being purged of sin is impossible. A repentant sinner would be forgiven his sin, if he had faith in the Most High and presented the prescribed offering. God Himself would-at the appointed time-pay the price of salvation by shedding His own blood in the person of Jesus the Christ. Animal sacrifices, in my opinion, were at best, a spiritual object lesson to teach about salvation. Actually, the blood of the animals was totally incapable of saving mankind-what was a better solution was that God decided to pay the price Himself. Shalom, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Williams Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 God's provisions of animal sacrifice for forgiveness of sin is an expression of His mercy because God allowed the sacrifices to purge their sins. The only fully adequate sacrifice for sin was yet to come because animal sacrifice was not adequate for atonement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luray mcclung Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 God was merciful in that he spared the sinner but through Levitican Law required the sinner's best animal sacrifice to atone for sin. The sacrifice of the female lamb sufficed for one man's sin; however, the sins of the whole world required the shed blood of God's only begotten son, Jesus Christ. The animal sacrifices actually were not adequate to atone for human sins. The Word was made flesh and dwealt among men. The God man was the Messiah. Love and prayers, lmc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail m Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 In what sense is God's provision of animal sacrifice for forgiveness of sins an expression of his mercy? Were animal sacrifices actually adequate to atone for human sin? 1. God wanted his people to be with him, so he made provisions so that we unworthy humans could be close to him. It was merciful and loving on his part to want that relationship with us. 2. I believe in the beginning that animal sacrifies were adequate. Why else would God have made that possible. I think that as the human population grew that God had prepared Jesus for us for the future knowing eventually animals would not be enough. Thankfully too..We are blessed to live under grace..Thank you God.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photobug Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 It all points to the death of christ on the cross. Sin separaed us from god. Yet he loved us so much and desired closesnes with us that he allowed a animals blood to atone us from sins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Spaulding Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 God, in His mercy, provided a way to cover the sins of the people in old Israel. But, the blood of animals could not truly remove our sins. One wise man said that "atone" meant covered, and he covered a pen in his hand with the other hand and said, "now I have 'atoned' the pen". Only Jesus, can truly remove our sin and give us peace with God! He is the perfect lamb of God! He loved us so much that He suffered and died so that we could be with Him forever--forever forgiven! Thank you, Jesus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayfarer58 Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 God had already told mankind the penalty for sin (Gen 2:17, etc.). He owed us nothing. It is clear that animal sacrifice was insufficient (Heb 10:4, etc.). But God made provision for those who were desirous of resuming their relationship with Him to do so via the sacrificial system. And, of course, this system foreshadowed the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 I think that perhaps the animal sacrifice was a type or a shadow of the coming redemption that would be available when Jesus became our sacrifice. This is in the same way that the blood on the doorposts of the Israelites at passover was a type of redemption. But Jesus sacrifice made all others unnecessary. For which I am very thankful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjcollin Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 Q5. In what sense is God's provision of animal sacrifice for forgiveness of sins an expression of his mercy? Were animal sacrifices actually adequate to atone for human sin? Exposition God has every right to demand our death for the sin that we committed, but instead in His mercy He allowed the animal sacrifice to substitute for us. Animal sacrifices were not actually adequate to atone for human sin because the animal being killed wasn't of as much value as a human. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 I believe God's mercy was allowing the Jewish people to temporarily purge their sins through animal sacrifice until the appointed time of the perfect atonement, that was adequate for completely taking away human sins, which was in the sacrifice of His own Son, Jesus Christ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leo Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 Though an animal sacrifice was hardly a sufficient substitution for us human beings, much less as a means of atonement for our sins, the Lord was merciful enough to allow us to sacrifice animals as a substitution of our own selves. Why did the Lord allow it? Because the Lord knew that the price of sin is death. From the very beginning when Adam and Eve sinned, we have already been paying for their sins with death. And yet, even after all these years, we cannot seem to make the connection that we die because we sin. If we did, we would've been afraid to commit a sin in the first place. Nowadays, sin is all around us. And the sad fact is, some of these sins are being advertised and endorsed by big celebrities. In some countries, advertisements about alcohol and cigarettes are rampant. Movies that focus on the nude body of a woman is considered as an art, as long as it's "tastefully done." And recently, it's bad to shoot and kill a neighbor and yet it's ok to destroy and kill hundreds of lives in a nieghboring country. All in the name of pride and freedom. This is the sad fact that we're facing nowadays. A thousand years after Jesus Christ sacrificed himself for the sake of mankind, the world still is in a state of chaos. In fact, we've become worse than what we were during Christ's time. And the amazing thing is, even if that's the case, the Lord is still merciful enough to honor the sacrifice that His only Son made on the cross a thousand years ago. Christ's sacrifice was so complete and so perfect that His blood still substitutes for ours in the heavenly temple. Now if we could only find a way to make the world repent for their sins... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dickinson Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 Q5. In what sense is God's provision of animal sacrifice for forgiveness of sins an expression of his mercy? Were animal sacrifices actually adequate to atone for human sin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Lindwall Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 Hello Everyone When man first sinned in the Garden of Eden, his punishment was separation from God. It also meant a daily struggle just to survive and eventual death. When the great flood, a new beginning, didn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Maher Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Q5. In what sense is God's provision of animal sacrifice for forgiveness of sins an expression of his mercy? Were animal sacrifices actually adequate to atone for human sin? God shows his mercy by allowing animal sacrifice as atonement for sin. The animal sacrifice is much more merciful than death to the sinner. There is no way that animal sacrifice is actually adequate as atonement for human sin, or seperation from God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Beckner Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 If we were under the jewish law and sinned, we would have to confess which is hard on the pride. Then we would have to buy an expensive lamb. Then we would have to lay our hands on that lamb and kill the innocent creature for our sin.That was hard on the conscience. Our sin hurts others just as the sin in that time killed that innocent lamb. Then the priest would gather the blood and pour it out at the base of the alter. The priest had to do this gross deed for our sin. The decision to sin does not just affect me, it affects everyone around me. Sin is degrading, expensive, cruel, and troubling to everyone around it. God's mercy allowed the people of that time to make sacrafice for sin but part of the mercy was in all the lessons that sacrafice taught. What a loving, kind, patient Father we have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridget Golob Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Q5. In what sense is God's provision of animal sacrifice for forgiveness of sins an expression of his mercy? Were animal sacrifices actually adequate to atone for human sin? Exposition I guess that was God's way of getting people used to the idea of sacrifices so that when Jesus came along, they (or we) would accept Him more readily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Ann Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Q5. In what sense is God's provision of animal sacrifice for forgiveness of sins an expression of his mercy? Were animal sacrifices actually adequate to atone for human sin? God truely is Merciful! Even the most perfect animal for sacrifice is not enough to really cleanse us of our sins. Yet He allowed this sacrificial process of cleansing so that we would learn... learn what it means to sin; so that we would have a small sense of what it takes to be clean in Gods eyes; and so that we may be with Him and He with us. All week I have been thinking about what it meant to sacrifice a lamb for purification from sin. I feel like I have more to say, but I can't quite get my feelings into words. Thank you all for your insight and wisdom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelda huffman Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Animal sacrifice was not adequit for their sins or ours, but God allowed this so they could atone for their sins and God suffered on the cross to atone for our sins. We have it much easier all we have to do is pray and ask God for forgiveness from our sins and he pardons our sins. He was the total sacrifice for our lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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