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<li> <b>Definition of Sacrifice :</b><i>
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<li> an Act of Offering to a deity something precious; especially : the killing of a victim on an altar
<li> something offered in Sacrifice 
<li> destruction or surrender of something for the sake of something else 
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<li> <b>First Occurrence:</b> Genesis 31:54 <br><i>
Then Jacob offered Sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried All night in the mount.</i>
<li> <b>First Occurrence of Offering:</b> Genesis 4 <br><i>
3 And in process of Time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the Fruit of the Ground an Offering unto the LORD . <br>
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had Respect unto Abel and to his offering:
5 But unto Cain and to his Offering he had not Respect . And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.</i>
<li> <b>Difference between Sacrifice and offering?</b>
<li> <b>Why so many Sacrifices and Offerings </b> ?
<li> <b>The Five Offerings in the Old Testament</b>
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<li> Burnt Offering
Lev 6:8-13 Lev 8:18-21 Lev 16:24
<li> Grain Offering
Lev 6:14-23
<li> Peace Offering
Lev 7:11-34
<li> Sin Offering
Lev 5:1-13 Lev 6:24-30 Lev 8:14-17 Lev 16:3-22
<li> Trespass Offering
Lev 5:14-19 Lev 6:1-7 Lev 7:1-6
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<li> <b>The Seven High Days</b> <br><img src=/images/JewishCalendar.gif>
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<li> The 1st day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread ( Nisan 15 )
<li> The 7th day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread ( Nisan 21 )
<li> The Feast of Weeks ( Sivan 6 )
<li> The Feast of Trumpets ( Tishri 1 )
<li> The Day of Atonement ( Tishri 10 )
<li> The 1st day of the Feast of Tabernacles ( Tishri 15 )
<li> The Last Great Day ( Tishri 22 )
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<li> <b>Seven Sacred Festivals</b> <br>
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<li> The <b>Feast of Passover </b> ( Pesach ) - celebrated the night when the Angel passed over the Hebrew households in Egypt.
<li> The <b>Feast of Unleavened Bread</b> - commemorated the first 7 days of the Exodus when the Hebrews Left Egypt in such a hurry that they did not have Time to Add yeast to their dough.
<li> The <b>Feast of Weeks</b> - also called the Pentecost ( Shavuot ). It marked the end of the Harvest and Offering of first fruits.
<li> The <b>Feast of Trumpets</b> ( Yom Teruah ) - the blowing of a ram`s horn, or shofar, to call the people to prepare for the Day of Atonement ( Yom Kippur ). Later this day became the Jewish New Year ( Rosh Hashanah ).
<li> The <b>Day of Atonement</b> ( Yom Kippur ) - the most solemn day of the year. On this day, the High Priest sacrificed Sin Offerings to atone All the Sins of the people and entered the Most Holy Place to offer incense.
<li> The <b>Feast of Tabernacles</b> ( Sukkot ) - celebrated the completion of the Great fall Harvest and remembered the Hebrews in the Exodus Living in tents for 40 years.
<li> The <b>Feast of the Last Great Day</b> ( Shmini Atzeret ) - marked the conclusion of the festival year.
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Of the above, three were Considered as ~major feasts~: the Feast of Passover ( Pesach ), the Feast of Weeks ( Pentecost ), and the Feast of Tabernacles ( Sukkot ). These are often called ~pilgrim Feasts ~ because All adult males were required to travel to the sanctuary to take part ( Deuteronomy 16:16 ). 
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<li> <b>Special Offering on The Day of Atonement </b> <br><i>
Normally a bull was offered as Sin Offering for the whole congregation ( Leviticus 4:13-14 ). But once a year on the Day of Atonement , a Goat was offered instead. And for the High Priest , a bull was offered as Sin Offering ( Leviticus 16:14-15 ). Another Live Goat , or the scapegoat, was to be sent to the Wilderness ( Leviticus 16:20-22 ). These were the special Offerings during the Atonement Ceremony . </i>
<li> <b>Human Sacrifice </b> <br>
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<li> Evidence as far back as 3500 BC <br>
<i>Probably the earliest case in the world is that of two girls Found at Sigersdal near Copenhagen, killed about 3500 BC . One was about 16 while the other, who was about 18, still had a cord around her neck</i>
<li> Revelation corrupted by Human rationalism
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<li> Revelation - God likely told Adam the full price of Sin - that He, God , would come in Flesh to Die for the Sin that had entered Humanity - Genesis 3:15 <br>
<i>And I Will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy Seed and her Seed ; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.</i>
<li> Over Time , the notion that God would come in the Flesh was Lost but not the notion that Human Blood would have to be shed for sin
<li> Rationalism - if Human Blood was necessary to cover Sin then Human Sacrifice was needed
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<li> <b>Is God a bloody God ?</b>
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<li> Psalms 40:5-8 <br><i>
5 Many, O LORD my God , are thy wonderful Works which thou hast done, and thy Thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in Order unto thee: if I would declare and Speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. <br>
6 Sacrifice and Offering thou didst not Desire ; mine Ears hast thou opened: burnt Offering and Sin Offering hast thou not required. <br>
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, <br>
8 I delight to do thy Will , O my God : yea, thy Law is within my Heart . </i>
<li> Psalm 51:15-17 <br><i>
15 O Lord , open thou my lips; and my Mouth shall shew forth thy Praise . <br>
16 For thou desirest not Sacrifice ; else would I Give it: thou delightest not in burnt Offering . <br>
17 The Sacrifices of God are a broken Spirit : a broken and a contrite Heart , O God , thou wilt not despise.</i>
<li> Isaiah 1:10-20 <br><i>
10 Hear the Word of the LORD , ye Rulers of Sodom; Give Ear unto the Law of our God , ye people of Gomorrah. <br>
11 To what Purpose is the multitude of your Sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD : I am full of the burnt Offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the Blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. <br>
12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? <br>
13 Bring no more Vain oblations; incense is an Abomination unto me; the New moons and sabbaths, the Calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is Iniquity , even the solemn meeting. <br>
14 Your New moons and your appointed Feasts my Soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. <br>
15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I Will hide mine Eyes from You : yea, when ye make many prayers, I Will not Hear : your hands are full of Blood . <br>
16 Wash You , make You Clean ; put away the Evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do Evil ; <br>
17 Learn to do well; Seek Judgment , relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. <br>
18 Come now, and let us Reason together, saith the LORD : though your Sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. <br>
19 If ye be Willing and Obedient , ye shall eat the Good of the land: <br>
20 But if ye Refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the Sword : for the Mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. </i>
<li> Jeremiah 7:22-24 <br><i>
22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt , concerning burnt Offerings or sacrifices: <br>
23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I Will be your God , and ye shall be my people: and Walk ye in All the Ways that I have commanded You , that it may be well unto You . <br>
24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their Ear , but walked in the counsels and in the Imagination of their Evil Heart , and went backward, and not forward. </i>
<li> Hosea 6:6 <br><i>
For I desired Mercy , and not Sacrifice ; and the Knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.</i>
<li> Mark 12:33 <br><i>
And to Love him with All the Heart , and with All the Understanding , and with All the Soul , and with All the Strength , and to Love his neighbour as Himself , is more than All whole burnt Offerings and sacrifices.</i>
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<li> <b> Jesus </b>
<ul><b> John 12:24 <br><i>
Verily, verily, I Say unto You , Except a corn of Wheat fall into the Ground and Die , it abideth alone: but if it Die , it bringeth forth much fruit.</i></b>
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<li> Ephesians 5:2 <br><i>
And Walk in Love , as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an Offering and a Sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.</i>
<li> Hebrews 10 <br><i>
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and Offering thou wouldest not, but a Body hast thou prepared me: <br>
6 In burnt Offerings and Sacrifices for Sin thou hast had no Pleasure . <br>
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and Offering and burnt Offerings and Offering for Sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst Pleasure therein; which are offered by the Law ; <br>
10 And every Priest standeth daily ministering and Offering oftentimes the same Sacrifices , which can Never take away sins:</i>
<li> Romans 3:25 <br><i>
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through Faith in his Blood , to declare his Righteousness for the remission of Sins that are past, through the forbearance of God ;</i>
<li> 1 John 2:2 <br><i>
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours Only , but also for the Sins of the whole world.</i>
<li> 1 John 4:10 <br><i>
Herein is Love , not that we loved God , but that He loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.</i>
<li> Romans 5:11 <br><i>
And not Only so, but we also Joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ , by whom we have now Received the Atonement .</i>
<li> Romans 3:24 <br><i>
Being Justified Freely by his Grace through the Redemption that is in Christ Jesus :</i>
<li> Romans 8:23 <br><i>
And not Only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit , even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the Redemption of our body.</i>
<li> 1 Corinthians 1:30 <br><i>
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus , who of God is made unto us Wisdom , and Righteousness , and Sanctification , and redemption:</i>
<li> Ephesians 1:7 <br><i>
In whom we have Redemption through his Blood , the Forgiveness of sins, according to the Riches of his Grace ;</i>
<li> Ephesians 1:14 <br><i>
Which is the earnest of our Inheritance until the Redemption of the purchased possession, unto the Praise of his glory.</i>
<li> Ephesians 4:30 <br><i>
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God , whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.</i>
<li> Colossians 1:14 <br><i>
In whom we have Redemption through his Blood , even the Forgiveness of sins:</i>
<li> Hebrews 9:12 <br><i>
Neither by the Blood of Goats and calves, but by his own Blood he entered in once into the Holy Place , having obtained Eternal Redemption for us.</i>
<li> Hebrews 9:15 <br><i>
And for this cause He is the mediator of the New testament, that by means of Death , for the Redemption of the Transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called Might Receive the Promise of Eternal inheritance.</i>
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