The Falsehood of claiming that “Sins can only be atoned with a blood sacrifice (offering)”
“
And God saw their works, that THEY TURNED FROM THEIR
EVIL WAY; AND GOD REPENTED OF
THE EVIL, THAT HE HAD SAID THAT HE WOULD DO UNTO THEM; and he did it not”- Jonah 3:10.
God forgave the sins of the people from Nineveh. What blood sacrifice did they offer??? Wasn't it only
sincere repentance?
God’s judgment hanged upon king Nebuchadnezzar. What was Daniel’s advice to him? To offer a blood
sacrifice? Or to show his sincere repentance by doing good to his fellow human beings?: “Wherefore, O
king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and BREAK OFF THY SINS BY RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND
THINE INIQUITIES BY SHEWING MERCY TO THE POOR”- Daniel 4:27.
When king Solomon finished building Jerusalem’s Temple, he prayed to God, and God gave him His
approval. Why did Solomon felt compelled to pray? Because he foresaw by the Holy Spirit that the Temple
would one day be destroyed, and Israel would have to procure atonement without any blood (or wheat)
sacrifice. So Solomon prayed that God would accept Israel’s sincere repentance in lieu of the Temple (blood
and wheat) sacrifices: «IF THEY SIN AGAINST THEE, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be
angry with them, and
deliver them to the enemy, SO THAT THEY CARRY THEM AWAY CAPTIVES unto
the land of the enemy, far or near;
YET IF THEY shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and REPENT, AND
MAKE SUPPLICATION UNTO THEE in the land of them that carried them captives, SAYING, WE HAVE
SINNED, AND HAVE DONE PERVERSELY, WE HAVE COMMITTED WICKEDNESS; AND SO
RETURN UNTO THEE WITH ALL THEIR HEART, AND WITH ALL THEIR SOUL, in the land of their
enemies,
which led them away captive, AND PRAY UNTO thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto
their fathers, THE CITY WHICH THOU HAST CHOSEN, AND THE HOUSE WHICH I HAVE BUILT for
thy name:
THEN HEAR THOU THEIR PRAYER AND their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain
their cause, And FORGIVE THY PEOPLE THAT HAVE SINNED AGAINST THEE, AND ALL THEIR
TRANSGRESSIONS WHEREIN THEY HAVE TRANSGRESSED AGAINST THEE...»- 1 Kings 8:46-50
Centuries later,
Israel was taken captive, and spent 70 years exiled in Babylon, where they had neither temple
nor the freedom to offer any blood sacrifices. Was prophet Daniel (and his generation) lost because he
couldn’t offer blood to atone for his sins?? Or was he saved from destruction because he believed God had
promised to show His favor to those who would turn in repentance toward Jerusalem, making confession of
their sins?:
«Now when Daniel knew that the writing
was signed, HE WENT INTO HIS HOUSE; AND HIS
WINDOWS BEING OPEN IN HIS CHAMBER TOWARD JERUSALEM, HE KNEELED UPON HIS
KNEES THREE TIMES A DAY, AND PRAYED, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime...
AND I (DANIEL) SET MY FACE UNTO THE LORD GOD, to seek by prayer and supplications, with
fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: AND I
PRAYED UNTO THE LORD MY GOD, AND MADE MY
CONFESSION, AND SAID, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them
that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; WE HAVE SINNED, AND HAVE COMMITTED
INIQUITY, AND HAVE DONE WICKEDLY, AND HAVE REBELLED, EVEN BY DEPARTING FROM
THY PRECEPTS AND FROM THY JUDGMENTS». (Daniel 6:10 and 9:3-5)
And what happened right after Daniel prayed for God’s favor? He received what he asked for!!-- «the man
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