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Grailhunter

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They are for the forgiveness of the sins you commit that can be forgiven (Leviticus 4:31).
And they are an annual reminder of the fact that you are a sinner (Hebrews 10:3, i.e. Numbers 5:15).

I have already mentioned the scapegoat....take sins away literally.
It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Hebrews10:4
Read it learn it!
 

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I have already mentioned the scapegoat....take sins away literally.
It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Hebrews10:4
Read it learn it!
Learn what?
The old covenant sacrifices can not transform your sin nature, and so you will always sin and feel guilty. Despite the fact that it is forgiven.
 

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Learn what?
The old covenant sacrifices can not transform your sin nature, and so you will always sin and feel guilty. Despite the fact that it is forgiven.

If you think that or it makes you feel better I am ok with that.
Again no forgiven and no salvation and no promise of heaven in the Old Testament.
But this whole guilt stuff is an attempt to put the Christian conscience in the Hebrew mind. Welcome to the proud crowd, Christians have been trying to Christianize the Old Testament for centuries.
 

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But this whole guilt stuff is an attempt to put the Christian conscience in the Hebrew mind. Welcome to the proud crowd, Christians have been trying to Christianize the Old Testament for centuries.
"It (the law) can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.3Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins" Hebrews 10:1-3
The old covenant sacrifices could not clear the conscience of the worshipper, and so they felt the guilt of their sin, despite the fact that the sin that could be forgiven was indeed forgiven. Until the next time they sinned. Then another sacrifice was required. All that system does is remind you what a sinner you are.
 

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"It (the law) can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.3Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins" Hebrews 10:1-3
The old covenant sacrifices could not clear the conscience of the worshipper, and so they felt the guilt of their sin, despite the fact that the sin that could be forgiven was indeed forgiven. Until the next time they sinned. Then another sacrifice was required. All that system does is remind you what a sinner you are.

There is so much you need to learn about the era and the Hebrews. Conscience of the Hebrews was not Christian and did not feel the guilt of Christians.

Men selling there daughters as sex slaves was not a sin, they did it of there own free will.
In war they killed all the men, non-virgin women and all male children and babies. Numbers 31:13-18 Deuteronomy 3:6
If you captured 32,000 virgin women and killed the rest, that would mean that probably 90,000 were non-virgins and they were killed along those that were pregnant.

The hard hearts of the Hebrews is well documented.....guilt....just what would they have to do to feel guilt?
At one time Moses' warriors brought back a lot of non- virgin women and he commanded them killed...again Numbers 31:13-18

What would it take for you to sword the belly of a pregnant woman? I think the guilt would drive you insane.
 
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There is so much you need to learn about the era and the Hebrews. Conscience of the Hebrews was not Christian and did not feel the guilt of Christians.

Men selling there daughters as sex slaves was not a sin, they did it of there own free will.
In war they killed all the men, non-virgin women and all male children and babies. Numbers 31:13-18 Deuteronomy 3:6
If you captured 32,000 virgin women and killed the rest, that would mean that probably 90,000 were non-virgins and they were killed along those that were pregnant.

The hard hearts of the Hebrews is well documented.....guilt....just what would they have to do to feel guilt?
At one time Moses' warriors brought back a lot of non- virgin women and he commanded them killed...again Numbers 31:13-18

What would it take for you to sword the belly of a pregnant woman? I think the guilt would drive you insane.
As abhorrent as these things are to us, they are not sins. God commanded them to do these things. So why would they feel guilty for doing what God told them to do?

Obviously, the guilt of the old covenant Israelite, and the inability of the law to remove that guilt, involves sin as defined by the law:

"It (the law) can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.3Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins" Hebrews 10:1-3
 

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What would it take for you to sword the belly of a pregnant woman? I think the guilt would drive you insane.
What would bother me is I'm as guilty in regard to sin as she is.
But that does not remove God's righteous judgment that sinners deserve to die for their sin.
 

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We are freed from obeying the Law not just the condemnations of the law. We obey Christ.
Sin is kind of a problem all the way around.... but the Law did not provide away to heaven whether you obeyed it or not. And technically it was impossible to obey. Go try it

We cannot obey the Law without Jesus. It is incomplete without Him. We can be kind to others, and give God respect, but if we have not Christ in our hearts, it is meaningless.

Jesus said that Love was the fulfilling of the Law, and it is. We do acts of kindness out of love,with Christ as our Savior but it is imperative that He dwells in us. What we cannot do, He will do as long as we love.
Every one of the commandments shows love for God and love for our neighbor.You will not steal now, not because it is wrong to do so, and you could get caught, but because you love the Lord so much and you love your neighbor that you would not do such as thing. And so with the others.
 
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As abhorrent as these things are to us, they are not sins. God commanded them to do these things.

Kind of my point....could you do it? Could you want to do it? Strangely enough guilt has little effect on the norm. The fact that the Israelites were hard hearted with God is why they failed so badly.
 

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Find a scripture that describes the gospel.
Again the gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ.
Find a scripture that explains or summarizes what that good news is.

Hey Triumph.

Not sure I could boil it down to one verse. That's not what comes to mind for me. But I can at least condense it down to about seven verses in particular:

1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience... 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ... 14 He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity... 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. (Ephesians 2:1-2, 4, 14-15, 17-18)
 

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No I did not know that.
I don't want you mad me so, so my advise stands.
Have a nice evening.
Grail, I'm sure you keep them as a Christian. If you don't which ones are you in conflict with? And---Why in the world would I be mad at you?