Some of the apostles may(though I don't see any real proof they did for much longer after pentecost and the rise of the apostle Paul) have participated in temple sacrifices, but the gentiles converts certainly weren't required to...the temple veil was rent in twain remember? The apostle Paul wrote reams and reams of stuff regarding the shedding of Christ's blood being the final and perfect sacrifice for our sins...that the blood of animals was just a covering but not a final cleansing. The national sacrifices were done thru the temple at Jerusalem, no where else...there is a reason why there have been no sacrifices in Judaism to this present day.
Read Acts 21:23-26, then try to puzzle out a few questions:
- Since the object of this purification ritual was to demonstrate that Sha'ul (Paul) still kept and taught other Jews to keep the whole Torah, where in the Torah is a ritual involving purification and the shaving of the head?It shouldn't take you more than a few minutes with a Strong's, some halfway decent Bible software, or the Blue Letter Bible. Let me know what you find.- What else exactly is involved in said ritual?
Then read Jer. 33:15-22, and let me know what you find there.
No, I'm not trying to play games with you. I've just found that this works better if someone sees it for themselves.
but the gentiles converts certainly weren't required to
Agreed. But we were talking about Israel.
The national sacrifices were done thru the temple at Jerusalem, no where else...there is a reason why there have been no sacrifices in Judaism to this present day.
Again, agreed. And I'm not telling you to go out and sacrifice goats in your backyard. But it's precisely the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem that we're discussing.