3 Yom Kippur Fast Abolished
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Animal Sacrifices Abolished
1Seeing that the days are evil, and that Satan is in control of this world, we ought to give all the more diligence to perfect our knowledge of the Three-Fold Witness. 2Reverance, patience, longsuffering, and self-restraint will aid us in our faith. 3While these things keep us pure in regard to the Lord, we must add to them wisdom, understanding, science, and knowledge. 4For God has revealed to us by all the prophets that He no longer wants sacrifices, burnt offerings, or oblations. He said,
“‘What are the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?’ says the LORD. ‘I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed cattle. I don’t take any pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats when you come to appear before Me. Who required you to trample My courts? Don’t bring your worthless offerings to Me any longer. Your incense is an abomination to Me and I can’t put up with your New Moons and Sabbaths. Even your solemn assembly is iniquity. I hate your New Moon Festivals and your appointed feasts.’”
Based on Isaiah 1:11-14
6Therefore, God has abolished these things that the new law of our Lord Jesus Christ, free from the yoke of such necessity, might have an offering not made by human hands. 7Again God said;
“Did I command your fathers when they came out of the land of Egypt to offer me burnt offerings and sacrifices? No! This is what I commanded them… let none of you devise evil in your heart against his neighbor, and do not love perjury.”
Based on Jeremiah 7:22-23; Zecharaih 8:17
9So we ought to know, unless we are void of common sense, the gracious intention of our heavenly Father. 10For He speaks to us desiring that we should not go astray like them, but to understand how we can approach Him. 11God had declared;
“The only sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart God will not despise.” Based on Psalm 51:17
13Therefore brethren, we ought to accurately learn about those things that belong to our salvation, so the wicked one will not deceive us into losing our spiritual life.
Commentary
Hebrews 10:12,14,18 teach that Jesus was the one and only sacrifice. We now have sacrifices of praise (Hebrews 13:15). The animal sacrifices simply pointed to the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made for us when He died on the cross. The rituals of animal sacrifices were typological prophecies that pointed to Jesus’ death and our atonement.
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