Sacrifices

Heb 10:11 – Did OT sacrifices make atonement for sins?

Heb 10:11 – Did OT sacrifices make atonement for sins?

Problem: Leviticus 17:11 affirmed that God gave blood sacrifices “to make atonement” for our souls. But Hebrews seems to contradict that, insisting that the Aaronic priest “stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins” (10:11).

Continue reading →

Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching
Heb 10:4 – Did Animal Sacrifices Remove Sin?

Heb 10:4 – Did Animal Sacrifices Remove Sin?

Leviticus 4:20–35 seem to teach that animal sacrifices can take away sins, while Hebrews 10:4–11 reveal they did not. Ron Dudek explains.

Problem: The book of Leviticus discusses many of the sacrifices performed by the Levitical priests. In some places, it seems to claim that a particular offering could remove sins.

And he shall do with the bull as he did with the bull as a sin offering; thus he shall do with it. So the priest shall make atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. (Leviticus 4:20)

Yet the book of Hebrews explicitly states that animal blood could not take away sins.

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. (Hebrews 10:4)

Continue reading →
Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Study, Bible Teaching