Thank you Martin. Christ is truly our example. Understanding the differences between Atonement and Christ's sacrifice and blood given at Passover holds very deep meaning for us and even greater insight to God's Word and how He used the feasts to point to the work He would do.
While you have posted on one of my posts a more thorough look at how anyone can receive salvation looking at both the need of salvation (our utter rebellion against God) and how Christ satisfied the penalty of that sin, that rebellion (His obedience in death on the cross), therefore we accept as a free gift, here that is unclear. You pose a premise of "doing the will of God" as the means to eternal life (Hebrews 10:36). It would be advantageous for that to be made clear in that respect.
One quite questionable point is the inference that angels have blood. Satan, a fallen angel, never became flesh as Christ did. Therefore it seems a bit off to suggest it was the blood of Satan applied to the goats
Yet the blood of the goat indicates the death of Satan. The blood is symbolic of this, it is not literal.
Blood is of no value in itself. For the blood of bulls and goats can not take away sin.
It is what these things represent. Otherwise you would have to have a dead carcass put on the alter.
As it is, the entire Atonement goat is burnt outside the camp. (Lev 16:27)
As I said "What is delivered to God the Father on Atonement is the symbolic blood of Satan, indicating his final death and destruction."
It is the same with Christ, his blood is symbolic of his life. The wine we take at Passover is symbolic of his blood, which is symbolic of his life, which means that we do the will of God in our lives as Christ did in his life.
Symbolism is necessary as we can't understand spiritual things. This is why there are so many analogies about Christ: he is the Rock that followed Israel, he is the chief corner stone, he is the vine, he is the good shepherd, we are to eat his flesh and drink his blood, etc.
To take things literally means we miss the point, which is what my last post on "the Words of Jesus - the narrative or the meaning" was trying to convey.
Thank you Martin. Christ is truly our example. Understanding the differences between Atonement and Christ's sacrifice and blood given at Passover holds very deep meaning for us and even greater insight to God's Word and how He used the feasts to point to the work He would do.
While you have posted on one of my posts a more thorough look at how anyone can receive salvation looking at both the need of salvation (our utter rebellion against God) and how Christ satisfied the penalty of that sin, that rebellion (His obedience in death on the cross), therefore we accept as a free gift, here that is unclear. You pose a premise of "doing the will of God" as the means to eternal life (Hebrews 10:36). It would be advantageous for that to be made clear in that respect.
Thank you again.
Thanks Richard for reading and commenting on this very long post.
I am not sure what you are asking as your question is a bit convoluted.
However the introduction about how I look at the doctrine of the "penalty for sin" is addressed in detail in this post
https://friendswithgod.substack.com/p/the-scales-of-gods-justice
It is a complex topic and there are about six posts directly related to it, I look forward to your comments.
One quite questionable point is the inference that angels have blood. Satan, a fallen angel, never became flesh as Christ did. Therefore it seems a bit off to suggest it was the blood of Satan applied to the goats
Thanks for reading this post.
You make an Interesting point.
Yet the blood of the goat indicates the death of Satan. The blood is symbolic of this, it is not literal.
Blood is of no value in itself. For the blood of bulls and goats can not take away sin.
It is what these things represent. Otherwise you would have to have a dead carcass put on the alter.
As it is, the entire Atonement goat is burnt outside the camp. (Lev 16:27)
As I said "What is delivered to God the Father on Atonement is the symbolic blood of Satan, indicating his final death and destruction."
It is the same with Christ, his blood is symbolic of his life. The wine we take at Passover is symbolic of his blood, which is symbolic of his life, which means that we do the will of God in our lives as Christ did in his life.
Symbolism is necessary as we can't understand spiritual things. This is why there are so many analogies about Christ: he is the Rock that followed Israel, he is the chief corner stone, he is the vine, he is the good shepherd, we are to eat his flesh and drink his blood, etc.
To take things literally means we miss the point, which is what my last post on "the Words of Jesus - the narrative or the meaning" was trying to convey.
https://friendswithgod.substack.com/p/the-words-of-jesus
Thanks again for reading this post, it is a long one!