Sacrifice Metaphor

According to this metaphor, God is displeased with man because of sin. It is the nature of God to demand payment for any and all sin. God demands blood sacrifice to pay for sin. For many centuries humans appeased God and obtained forgivness for their sins by making sacrifices of animals. Then Christ came and sacrificed himself for our sins. Christ is the "once for all" sacrifice. No additional sacrifice is necessary. When we realize and accept what he has done for us, we become cleansed by his blood (Christians some times call it 'washed in the blood'). We are set right with God by the sacrifice of Christ. (Hebrews 7:26,27)(Hebrews 9:22,25-28)(Hebrews 10:5-18)(Hebrews 13:15)(1 John 1:7)

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