Oh I can tolerate a lot but not the disrespect of God and His Word. I'm at that point in my life. I haven't disrespected you or your beliefs that are so disagreeable to me so please afford me the same courtesy. We can have a discussion without being disrespectful. I am very blunt though. Just to warn you.
You clearly haven't read much of my posts here then. I believe in the entire Word of God both Old and New Testaments. We need both Testaments to understand God. We can't do with only one Testament. That will be half truths.
The sacrifices of animals in the Old Testament represented Jesus Death in the New Testament. So exactly how am I clinging to old sacrificial cults (they weren't cults)? You still don't understand or know what you're talking about do you? I don't believe in the Temple system because its not needed any more after Jesus was crucified. I disagree vehemently with Zionists here who believe that there is going to be a third temple built and sacrifices offered like in the Old Testament sanctuary system, which is not scriptural. That would be blasphemy and denying the death of Jesus.
First, the Jews never paid money for the pardon of sins. No amount of money can pay for the pardon of sins. That isn't biblical at all so I don't know where you get that from. I even have a forum on Paganism and Catholicism as you know and posted about their system of
Indulgences where money had to be paid. Its wrong.
Secondly, it is God that put the earthly sanctuary system in place where animals had to be sacrificed for the remission of sins. It says so in the Bible. The whole of
Leviticus 4 is about the sin offering.
Verses 1-8, "Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a person sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of the Lord in anything which ought not to be done, and does any of them, if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer to the Lord for his sin which he has sinned a young bull without blemish as a sin offering. He shall bring the bull to the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the Lord, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and kill the bull before the Lord. Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it to the tabernacle of meeting. The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the Lord, in front of the veil of the sanctuary. And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of meeting; and he shall pour the remaining blood of the bull at the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. He shall take from it all the fat of the bull as the sin offering." Its best to read the whole chapter.
When I talk about the earthly sanctuary system I'm not saying it means anything any more, usually I'm explaining why God instituted it but how now after His crucifixion its not required any more. I thought I had made myself clear on this point in my reply posts to Davidson. I will add that the Bible talks about Jesus as our High Priest and advocate in the heavenly temple/sanctuary and we no longer need earthly priests any more. Paul wrote about it the book of Hebrews and He explains through the earthly sanctuary system so we can understand Jesus' role as High Priest in the heavenly sanctuary. I have a forum on this very subject.
If you disagree with what I posted, you disagree with the Bible not me. I'm just telling you what the Bible says. That means you don't have tolerance for the Word of God.
You say you are a New Testament Christian. Well the New Testament teaches that Jesus Christ died for our sins so that we may inherit eternal life through Him.
1 Corinthians 15:3, "For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,"
When Paul said that
“Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,” he was referring to the Old Testament, which predicted that Jesus would die for the sins of humanity. Isaiah spells out the affliction and suffering that the Messiah would have to go through to atone for our sins:
Isaiah 53:3-6, "He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all." Do you see how the Old and New Testaments work together?
Btw Jesus' death on the cross was the beginning of a great procedure to eradicate sin from this world and from our hearts. As a result of His death and resurrection, Jesus could enter into the heavenly sanctuary to begin making atonement for our sins. Paul explains further in the book of Hebrews
Yes Jesus' death defeated Satan but that was not the primary goal. Jesus is God and was always going to defeat Satan.
The sacrifices in the earthly sanctuary system, were never about the smell of burnt blood.
How can you say something so ridiculous? Please read the Bible and understand what the sacrifices meant. I've explained a little (which you don't understand either) but there is a lot more to it.