In this article, I am going to show that Jesus was a man who was executed, and not a kosher sin sacrifice according to the Law of Moses (the Torah of Moshe).
What is a Burnt Offering? The Hebrew word for "burnt offering" or "sin offering" is "oleh" There are some other Hebrew words for this offering: qorban (meaning "gift") and "chatat" meaning "sin offering". Let's look at a passage, with all three of these Hebrew words, describing a "kosher" sacrifice according to the Torah of Moshe (the Law of Moses.)
Leviticus 4:27-35 states: 27 “‘If any member of the community sins in ignorance and does what is forbidden in any of YHVH’s commands, when they realize their guilt 28 and the sin they have committed becomes known, they must bring as their offering for the sin they committed a female goat without defect. 29 They are to lay their hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering. 30 Then the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 31 They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven. 32 “‘If someone brings a lamb as their sin offering, they are to bring a female without defect. 33 They are to lay their hand on its head and slaughter it for a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. 34 Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 35 They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven."
From this passage, we can conclude the following about Jesus:
1. a Kosher sacrifice is to be a female goat or a female lamb that is without defect. Jesus is a human sacrifice. Jesus is not a lamb, a ram, a bull, or a goat. YHVH forbids human sacrifice in many places in the Hebrew Bible (what christians call the "Old Testament.") For just two passages in the Hebrew Bible (and there are many), please see Leviticus 18:21 and Deuteronomy 12:31. Therefore, since Jesus is a human, he is not a kosher sacrifice for sin.
2. Leviticus 4:29 and 4:33 states that the sinner is to bring his kosher animal to the Tabernacle, and lay their hand on the head of the sin offering. When Jesus was executed, sinners did not lay their hands on Jesus' head confessing their sins, nor were they bringing him to an altar. Jesus is clearly an execution.
3. Leviticus 4:30 and 4:34 states that the priest will take some of the blood with his finger and put it on the four horns of the altar. The lamb or goat is to have its blood drained and the blood is to be poured at the base of the altar. Jesus' blood came out of him when he was speared on his execution tree with a crossbeam. His blood was not put on the four horns of the altar in the Temple, nor was Jesus' blood drained and placed at the base of the altar in the Temple. Jesus is clearly an execution, and not a burnt offering for the forgiveness of sin.
4. Leviticus 4:31 and 4:35 states that the fat is to be removed and burnt on the altar. Jesus did not have the fat from his insides taken out of him and put on the altar in the Temple to be burnt. Jesus therefore, is an execution, not a biblical sin-sacrifice.
This is a simple argument, one in which I have not heard a Christian give a decent reply on. Probably because the Hebrew Bible forbids the sacrifice of humans. Leviticus 18:21 equates human sacrifice as "profaning the name of YHVH." Human sacrifice is just that, an abomination to YHVH, and therefore, YHVH could not possibly be a human sacrifice, profaning himself to himself.
Add comment
Comments