I hope you don’t mind, but I just want to chime in your conversation about Sacrafice....I do believe *Christ*
is G-d not in G-d’s full nature because G-d is not a man.
Scripture speaks of the SON/Sun of G-d and the Son/Sun of Man in the Malachi scripture and in the Gospels..
Jesus did not say he was G-d but that he was one with G-d...
The first Man/ Adam did not have a human father and he was fully human, so that should tell us..G-d in his infinite nature can create *Man* I think science has evolved in the area of Cosmology, the Universe and *Creation* that we now have a (4-D) understanding of the Bible and G-d’s infinite nature as a *Consuming Fire* or as energy, dark matter, Quantumn Physics etc.
Is it possible that G-d in his power and greatness can transform part of his *Oneness* into a fully human being that is divine?? I don’t think any scripture says:
No he cannot?
I have wondered what the purpose of *Animal Sacrafice* was for a long time...You take the innocent *Perfect Lamb* who goes willingly to slaughter and kill it, because Man sinned..
Well does that make much sense to our Human mind??? I would say no....
However G-d must of had a plan before *Creation* that animals would be created and serve a much *Higher Purpose* other than just for food help or companionship. If animal sacrafice could reconcile sinful man to a Holy righteous G-d then when is Animal Sacrafice sufficent to satisfy G-d?
Apparently it isn’t, because Aniaml Sacrafice seems to have no end...
So if Jesus also referred as the *Perfect Lamb of G-d who takes away the Sins of the World* it seems as well G-d had a *Higher Purpose* for what *SACRAFICE* truly means in reconcilliation for Man and G-d.
Can we see that G-d might of been telling Abraham that Human Sacrafice is an abomination because no one is *Higher* than G-d and G-d who would sacrafice himself in the oneness of being fully human and divine is the only one that could serve that purpose and satisfy G-d..THE END...
When Jesus said: *IT IS FINISHED* I believe he meant Sacrafice has ended, once and for all...
The Bible says Jesus sat down at the right had of the *Father* Animal sacrafice has no end, no finally sitting down, it is a revolving door that never satisfies G-d.
If G-d is outside of time and Space can he go back in our time and wipe every sin we ever commited yesterday, today and tomorrow? Yes...
I believe that is why Jesus said: We present to G-d spotless and blameless, because Jesus paid it all...
It is not what we can do for G-d...It is what G-d had done for us....
That said: I do believe what blasater 1960 says: Is that the Jewish Priests are returning and will teach the nations about G-d...
Moses, Abraham, David, with Christ at the head in Jerusalem....
Just what I believe....
I appreciate all the insight many of you have on this topic!
And I know how you feel about sacrifices: Deeper look at sacrifices