(January 21, 2014 at 3:12 am)Godschild Wrote:(January 21, 2014 at 1:52 am)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Oh, so only the firstborn Hebrews were to be circumcised? That's a new one. And if you read the rebukes in Jeremiah relating to child sacrifice, it makes clear that the Israelites were guilty of slaughtering their sons and daughters...to Baal. That seems to be the real crime. It also makes sense of the myth of Abraham and Issac, which was a later Hebrew tradition intended to portray the abolishment of child sacrifice.
And let's not forget the climax and crux of the Christian narrative, God literally offering his son as a blood sacrifice--as the author of Hebrews notes--"In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness" (Hebrews 9:22).
It's new because you do not know what's written within the pages of the Bible. Yes, they sacrificed to a false god an idol of wood and stone, not to the God of creation, go study the Bible before you spit out nonsense. Yes it was a real crime to God, if you had known what was in the book of Jeremiah you would have understood this. They are severely punished because of this act, go read the rest of the OT and you might find out, that is if you can be honest with yourself.
Christ is part of the Godhead and chose to give Himself up in this way for mankind, yes He was God's son, not your's, mine or anyone else, God only asked this of Himself. So what's your point? Now go and find out why blood is the requirement, hint it starts in the OT. You're wanting to prove me wrong do your own work, please.
GC
Go! Get 'em Godschild!!!
