Animal (and human) sacrifices in Mosaic law and similar practices in Christianity. Might be suitable for sacrificial aspect of Jesus' death on cross or of Eucharist too.
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Why did God accept Abel's offering and not Cain's?
In Genesis 4, we read the following account of Cain and Abel:
So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. Abel, on his part also ...
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Did Jephthah sacrifice his daughter?
In Judges 11, Jephthah vows to give whatever comes out of the door of his house as a burnt offering.
Judges 11:30-40 (ESV) [emphases mine]
30 And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD and said, ...
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How does Sacrifice work
2 Kings 3:27 says:
Then the king of Moab took his oldest son, who would have been the next king, and sacrificed him as a burnt offering on the wall. So there was great anger against Israel, and the ...
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How to determine a genuine call from GOD?
What if one day a person hears voices like it was god (or as how he would describe as god), with all the stuff like bright lights, angels, burning bushes and stuff. It seems so real for him but only ...
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Did Adam and Eve ever practice animal sacrifice?
Genesis 8:20 (NIV) Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking
some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt
offerings on it.
Noah sacrificed burnt offerings. What ...
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Who instituted the practice of sacrifice?
Sacrifice plays a very important role in the Bible. One of the earliest stories, that of Cain and Abel, begins with two sacrifices. The death of Jesus on the cross was a sacrifice.
Here is how the ...
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Who told Cain and Abel of Sacrificial rituals or offerings?
In Genesis 4 Cain and Abel gave offerings (or sacrifice). Who instructed them to give this offering or sacrifice? Was it a burnt offering?
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Where in the Bible does it say that sacrifice can only be done on the temple?
This is probably more relevant for Judaism than Christianity. However, I am checking both.
Hezekiah instituted a religious reform that prohibit sacrifice on high places.
The justification is a ...
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Why couldn't we reconcile ourselves to God? [closed]
I always hear people say things like, 'the debt was too large' ... well, why? Why couldn't I pay for my own sin?
I don't like that Jesus took punishment for me, I would hate for my earthly father to ...
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Are there any sects of Christianity that still practice animal sacrifice?
Are there any modern sects who originate from or claim affiliation with Christianity that still practice any sacrificial rites? If so, who are they and what specifically is their understanding of the ...
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How did Pascal reconcile his wager with 2 Corinthians 9:7 and Psalms 50?
I'm not asking about a justification or an attack on Pascal's Wager.
I'm just curious how/if Blaise Pascal, being an intelligent and analytical fellow, reconciled his famous gambit with 2 Corinthians ...
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Apparent discrepancy in Isaiah 66:3-4
In Isaiah chapter 66: 3-4, God had this to say.
3 But whoever sacrifices a bull
is like one who kills a person,
and whoever offers a lamb
is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
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Did the ancient Hebrews believe that blood had unique spiritual properties?
I seem to recall learning at some point during an Old Testament study that they did, and that the belief explained things like the significance of the blood that was part of the animal offerings ...
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Was Jesus' death legitimate?
Legitimate, not in the fact that He died, but in how specifically his blood was shed. It is said that Jesus' death was the final fulfillment of the old testament requirements. If this is true, then ...
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What was the purpose to animal sacrifices?
I've never completely understood the purpose as to why God required that the Israelite's should kill an animal in order for God to forgive them.
