"Blood was needed to purify the altar of the temple."
Actually, it was to purify the kohanim.
(I should know; I am technically a kohen (genetically proven, even), albeit one in a state of considerable impuirty, as I married a gentile.)
You said -- "I should know; I am technically a kohen (genetically proven, even), albeit one in a state of considerable impuirty, as I married a gentile."
That's very interesting. Would you consider yourself to be a Messianic Jew, or simply a more "conventional" (if I can use that designation) Christian?
I mentioned in another post (here on this thread) that I had visited the Baruch Hashem Synagogue last Saturday (in Dallas). They've been featured on the Zola Levitt program and so I decided to drop in. I was inside there when that big dust storm/cloud hit Dallas that day.
And with your "position" in the Jewish race, will you be called upon to perform priestly duties when the Temple is rebuilt? Are you disqualified because of your "faith"?
A number of years ago, I ran into a Jew who said that he could be called upon to perform priestly duties, when it became necessary. He seemed inclined to do so.
Regards,
Star Traveler