So when you celebrate the feast of the passover you eat an animal that is symbolizing a pagon god. Huh?????
Naahh. A lamb is just a kosher animal. Thats it. It was a god for the Egyptians. That is why Moses said this:
Exodus 8:25 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land." 26 But Moses said, "That would not be right. The sacrifices we offer the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us? 27 We must take a three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, as he commands us."
So, the final act against Pharoh, was to proceed the sacrifice of the lamb, knowing, trusting and out of faith that G-d would deliver them. Otherwise the Egyptians would have slaughtered the Jews for sacrificing one their gods.
being a God that required strict obedience, it was another command to be followed to see who will obey him.
Well I guess you could say that. Sure it was important to obey but perhaps more important it was the act taken by faith. When they put the blood on the doorway...the Egyptians would know exactly who slaughtered their god. Had G-d not delivered them...It would be retaliation bigtime!
So, in your view, when Messiah comes, he resumes animal sacrifices.
G-d says so, Ezekiel 43/44. I mearly repeat the fact.
God will still not have completely freed man from the curse of sin. So, when does He finally remove the curse of sin from the earth.
And I shall give them one heart, and shall put a new spirit within them. And I shall take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances, and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God. (Ezekiel 11:19-20)
My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees. (Ezekiel 37:24)
And many peoples shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths," for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. (Isaiah 2:3)
So do these scriptures mean there will be no sin? I personally dont think so. Abraham was a flawed person but G-d said this about him. Gen 26:4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, 5 because Abraham obeyed me and kept my requirements, my commands, my decrees and my laws."
They use the same language. Abraham kept the law, was a flawed person, yet G-d was pleased with him.
Keep in mind, the sacrifices in the Temple are primarily for unintentional sin. Only about 6 sins that are done intentionally can be atoned for by animal sacrifice. All other intention sins are dealt with directly through G-d by repentance, prayer, charity and a few others.
Some think there will be no intentional sin in the Messianic era, only unintentional sin. But certainly when we die and are resurrected, we wont sin in heaven (the world to come).
**Hey hows the harvest? Do soybeans in the field look like Edamame soy pods you buy in the store?**
At harvest, the pods and beans are brown and dry, the beans being almost perfectly round. They taste similar to unsalted peanuts.