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It's a mystery to me, as well, but I personally think it entirely possible that if and when the Jewish Temple is rebuilt and animal sacrifices resume, the more progressive and secular Jews might raise such a ruckus in Israel and beyond, given that even the Reformed and some Conservatives consider animal sacrifice atavistic and barbaric (as I recall having read), it could cause a civil war, or at least a significant divide. That is, of course, only speculation on my part, but there are a lot of highly ethical Jews, it seems, for whom the practice of ritual animal sacrifice would be considered unethical and thus abhorrent. At any rate, the Temple Institute crowd do not represent the sum total of Israel, not by a long shot.This is something I don’t understand about Judaism. They fully understand the meaning of the Temple rites andthat “without the shedding of blood, there can no forgiveness of sins”. So,since the destruction of the Temple in 70AD, the Jews haven’t been able tocarry out those rituals and since they believe(d) Christ to be an imposter, howdo they explain mediation before God? The High Priest stood as mediator betweenGod and the Children of Israel, foreshadowing Christ’s priestly ministry. Withthe priesthood gone, after 70AD, and the temple vessels gone aswell, man beingunable to stand on his own before God, how does Judaism account for mediatoryrole? Since Christ was rejected (and even though He lives to intercede for themin heaven), how do they explain how they’ve been able to stand before God withouta mediator for the last, almost, 2000yrs and since it seemingly has worked outgreat for them, why do they need to re-institute the temple service now?
I saw this nice little ad at BIN(breaking news Israel).
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