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eo_chibears
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Did the Jewish priests stop sacrificing lambs at the alter after Jesus was crucified? If not, when did this practice stop?
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RyanBlack
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The stopped in A.D. 70 when the Temple was destoyed by the Romans.
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eo_chibears
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In RCIA I was told it stopped right after Jesus was crucified.
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TimothyH
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To a Jew at the time of Jesus, worship was sacrifice, and it happened only at the Temple in Jerusalem.
Worshipping at the temple was the most imporant thing a Jew would ever do in his life.
As long as the temple was standing, Jews would be sacrificing there.
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Worshipping at the temple was the most imporant thing a Jew would ever do in his life.
As long as the temple was standing, Jews would be sacrificing there.
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eo_chibears
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Ok thanks.
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A_G
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The Jews used to make animal sacrifices in many places, however after they recieved the 10 Commandmens on Mount Sinai, God told them not to make these sacrifices just anywhere. After the Holy Temple was built in Jerusalem, animal sacrifices were offered only in the Holy Temple. As soon as the Holy Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D., animal sacrifices stopped.
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bmonk
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In the cleansing of the Temple story, Mark’s version (11:15-19), he “did not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple area”–if this were taken literally, he did stop all the sacrificing of animals. Practically, however, it would only have a limited effect–that day only, in all likelihood.
Also, if John is right that he died at mid-afternoon (the ninth hour, 3:00 p.m.), that would have been about the time the slaughter of Passover lambs ended anyway–and John is the Gospel that specifically mentions the fact that Jesus died on the day of Preparation. Again, that was only the end for that year–the next year, the Passover lambs would have been sacrificed as usual.
As mentioned, the real end of the sacrifices was the destruction of the Temple in 70 by the Romans.
Note that the Didache, probably written between 70 or so and 120 or so, says, “But every Lord’s day gather yourselves together, and break bread, and give thanksgiving after having confessed your transgressions, that your sacrifice may be pure.” A pure sacrifice implies one not defiled by sin or disputes, but it may also refer to being bloodless, not using animals, but being an offering of Christ himself. Clearly, early on, the Christians had already made this shift from the sacrifice of animals to the sacrifice offered by Christ, the one and eternal Lamb of God.
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eo_chibears
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Great information, I appreciate it, God bless.
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JM3
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As others have stated, there were sacrifices until 70 ad.
Some interesting items to digest.
www3.telus.net/public/kstam/en/temple/details/evidence.htm
Some interesting items to digest.
www3.telus.net/public/kstam/en/temple/details/evidence.htm
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A_G
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I don’t think He said it directly. However in Matthew 5:17 He says “Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.” Douay-Rheims Bible
Basically all the old ways of worship were fulfilled, and therefore animal sacrifices were no longer necessary.
The point you make about Jesus being the lamb of God is very interesting.
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patrick457
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Indeed.
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patrick457
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I don’t know what your teacher exactly said, but could it be possible that he/she was saying that animal sacrifices ceased to be valid after the death of Jesus?
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bmonk
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The Catholic understanding would be that, while Old Testament forms prefigure New Testament forms–circumcision to baptism as entry into God’s people, the Passover meal to the Eucharist, and so on, those earlier forms did not convey grace. As such, I wouldn’t say they are not now valid, but ineffective compared to the forms that replaced them.
Hence animal sacrifices are of no effect, compared to the one perfect sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross.
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