ATONEMENT FROM SIN PSALM 40:7 Sacrifice and offering you do not desire, but my ears have you

opened. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.

: Pastors and preachers claim that Leviticus 17:11 ( For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life. ) teaches that the only way to be forgiven from sin is with a blood sacrifice, however: 1. Context of this passage is not atonement, but the prohibition of consuming blood. 17:12 (Therefore I said unto the children of Israel: No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.) 2. It says blood is atonement, but not the only type of atonement. 3. Leviticus 5:11 says someone who cant afford a blood sacrifice can bring fine flour to atone for their sins. 5:11 But if his means suffice not for two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his offering for that wherein he hath sinned, the tenth part of an ephah ( a hebrew unit of dry measure, equal to
about a bushel (35 liters) of fine flour for a sin-offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon; for it is a sin-offering.

4. I Kings 8:46-50 teaches if we dont have access to the Temple, we pray to God and repent, and we will be forgiven. This applies today, as well as to the 70 years between the destruction of the First Temple and building of the Second. 46 If they sin against Thee--for there is no man that sinneth not--and Thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near; 47 yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn back, and make supplication unto Thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying: We have sinned, and have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly; 48 if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray unto Thee toward their land, which

Thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which Thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for Thy name;49 then hear Thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven Thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause; 50 and forgive Thy people who have sinned against Thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against Thee; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them; 5. The prophet Hosea speaking to the 10 northern tribes who couldnt get to the Temple in the south tells them that their prayers serve as sacrifices, 14:1-3. 1 Samaria shall bear her guilt, for she hath rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. 2 Return, O Israel, unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast stumbled in thine iniquity. 3 Take with you words, and return unto the LORD; say unto Him: 'Forgive all iniquity, and accept that which is good; so will we render for bullocks the offering of our lips. 6. Prayer and repentance are actually the primary means of atoning for sin in the Bible, II Chronicles 7:14, if My people, upon whom My name is called, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Ezekiel 18:21, But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all My statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. Jonah 3:10, And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, which He said He would do unto them; and He did it not. Daniel 4:24 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by almsgiving , and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy prosperity.' Jeremiah 36:3, It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way, and I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.' Proverbs 16:6, By mercy and truth iniquity is expiated; and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. Isaiah 55:6-9, 6 Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near; 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the man of iniquity his thoughts; and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have compassion upon

him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. 8 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. Psalms 32:5, 5 I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid; {N}I said: 'I will make confession concerning my transgressions unto the LORD'-- {N} and Thou, Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah Psalms 69:30-32, 30 But I am afflicted and in pain; let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. 31 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving. 32 And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. Etc 7. Christian insistence that without blood sacrifice God cant forgive our sins, takes away from the power and mercy of God. The Bible says that sometimes God forgives us even if we dont repent properly, because He is merciful: Micah 7:18, 18 Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth the iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retaineth not His anger forever, because He delighteth in mercy. Psalms 78:36-39, 36 But they beguiled Him with their mouth, and lied unto Him with their tongue. 37 For their heart was not steadfast with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant. 38 But He, being full of compassion, forgiveth iniquity, and destroyeth not; {N} yea, many a time doth He turn His anger away, and doth not stir up all His wrath. 39 So He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. Isaiah 43:23-25. 23 Thou hast not brought Me the small cattle of thy burntofferings; neither hast thou honoured Me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with a meal-offering, nor wearied thee with frankincense. 24 Thou hast bought Me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou satisfied Me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened Me with thy sins, thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities. 25 I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake; and thy sins I will not remember. 8. The focus of the Bible is obedience to God as the primary way of coming to Him, not sacrifices.

Hosea 6:6, 6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings. Psalms 51:14-19, 14 Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and let a willing spirit uphold me. 15 Then will I teach transgressors Thy ways; and sinners shall return unto Thee. 16 Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation; {N} 17 O Lord, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall declare Thy praise. 18 For Thou delightest not in sacrifice, else would I give it; Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering. 19 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; {N} a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise. so shall my tongue sing aloud of Thy righteousness. Proverbs 21:3, 3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. Isaiah 1, 16 Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes, cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. {S}18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land; I Samuel 15:22, 22 And Samuel said: 'Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in hearkening to the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. Micah 6:6-8, 6 'Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old? 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?'8 It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, and what the LORD doth require of thee: only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. {S} Amos 5:22-24. 22 Yea, though ye offer me burnt-offerings and your mealofferings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts. 23 Take thou away from Me the noise of thy songs; and let Me not hear the melody of thy psalteries. 24 But let justice well up as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. 9. If Christian preachers insist on reading Leviticus 17:11 literally, then Jesus could never serve as a sacrifice. The verse says that only blood on

the altar in the Temple served as atonement, and Jesus blood was not offered on the altar. 10. Other problems with Jesus serving as a sacrifice were that he was not offered up by Priests, he was not burnt, and he was not unblemished. 11. The Christian assertion that Jesus was the final sacrifice is contradicted by the Bibles prophesy of the future restoration of sacrifices when the Third Temple is built, Isaiah 56:7, 7 Even them will I bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer; their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be acceptable upon Mine altar; for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. Jeremiah 33:17-18, 17 For thus saith the LORD: There shall not be cut off unto David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; 18 neither shall there be cut off unto the priests the Levites a man before Me to offer burntofferings, and to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. {P} Zechariah 14:20-21, 20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses: HOLY UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the basins before the altar. 21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holy unto the LORD of hosts; and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein; and in that day there shall be no more a trafficker in the house of the LORD of hosts. {P} Ezekiel 43-45, Malachi 3:2-4. 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap; 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver; and there shall be they that shall offer unto the LORD offerings in righteousness. 4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.

12. The Hebrew Scriptures dont accept the idea of an innocent person dying for a guilty one, Exodus 32:32-33, 32 Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray Thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.'33 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Whosoever hath sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My book. Deuteronomy 24:16, 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall be put to death for his own sin. {S} Ezekiel 18:1-4, 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 2 'What mean ye, that ye use this proverb in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? 3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. 3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. 4 Behold, all souls are Mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine; the soul that sinneth, it shall die. Proverbs 17:15. 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are an abomination to the LORD. 13. The Hebrew Scriptures strongly oppose the idea of human sacrifice, Genesis 22:12, 12 And he said: 'Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him; for now I know that thou art a God-fearing man, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from Me.' Leviticus 18:21, 21 And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to set them apart to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. Leviticus 20:2. 2 Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel: Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

DID PAUL CONTINUE TO BRING BLOOD SACRIFICES AFTER THE DEATH OF YESHUAAND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR CHRISTIANITY TODAY? Before we begin let me see if we can agree on a premise before reading this article. A Christian's religious belief system, when tested and exposed to contradictory facts from Biblical languages, Biblical history, Biblical culture, and archeology, must in the Spirit of Truth and Repentance, be flexible enough to change If you can admit to the truth of the above statement, then read on. If not, you need not continue. If you were like me then most likely you grew up in the Christian church. Having done so you probably, like myself, were fed a steady diet of the book of Hebrews. In that book which is traditionally attributed to Paul as being the author, we are told that Yeshua was the ultimate sacrifice. In particular we read: Hebrews 9:12-14 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us..How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. Hebrews 10:1-2 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. 2. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? Hebrews 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all Hebrews 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified Hebrews 10:18 Now where remission of there is, there is no more offering for sin After writing these passages the writer goes even so far as to say in Hebrews 10:20.by a new and living way which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his body and Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith NOW FOR THE HARD PART Although it cannot be proven for certainty, the tradition of the Church maintains Pauline authorship for the book of Hebrews. As early as the second century Paul was regarded in the East as the author, and during the third century his authorship was the accepted view. In the West, where the epistle was known from earliest times, Pauline authorship was rejected and did not gain acceptance until the fourth century.

Having said that, then we should expect to find examples in Pauls life where he lives out the doctrines of salvation espoused in the book of Hebrewsespecially the one concerning the finality of Jesus Christs death as the final atonement for sin? Answer for yourself: Does the Apostle Paul, in his life after the cross, share with us examples whereby he shows us that he believes that Yeshua once for all redeemed us from sin? Astonishingly, no he doesn't! In fact I will show you in a minute he does just the opposite! Answer for yourself: Can we find examples in the Apostle Pauls life where he goes against the teachings of the book of Hebrews and continues to bring blood sacrifices for sin as an atonement after the cross? Yes. We will examine the book of Acts and the book of Numbers to prove it to you shortly. Answer for yourself: Did Paul demonstrate through a Nazarite vow and its accompanying blood sacrifices (Num. 6) that he was obedient to the rules and laws of the Torah and the Mosaic Law, thereby producing a state of approval before God after the cross? Yes. Answer for yourself: How could obedience to the laws of God (including those dealing with blood as well as non-blood atonements) produce a state of approval when we are told different today? It sure does and does so easily. If we look up the word used for law in the New Testament we find the correct meaning in the Greek: The Greek word for "law" is as follows: Lexicon Greek 3551 3551 nomos {nom'-os}from a primary nemo (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); TDNT - 4:1022,646; n m AV - law 197; 197 1) anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command 1a) of any law whatsoever 1a1) a law or rule producing a state approved of God 1a1a) by the observance of which is approved of God 1a2) a precept or injunction 1a3) the rule of action prescribed by reason 1b) of the Mosaic law, and referring to the context. either to the volume of the law or to its contents 1c) the name of the more important part (theTorah), is put for the entire collection of the sacred books of the OT IT CAN BE SHOWN THAT THAT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THE APOSTLE PAUL BRINGS BLOODY SIN OFFERINGS AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION OF YESHUA..SO

WHAT GIVES? Thats right it can! Let us now examine the word "offering" as used of the type of sacrifice Paul is recorded as having made in fulfillment of the Nazarite vow in Acts 21:26. Acts 21:26 26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them. (KJV) The Greek word for "offering" as used in the text is as follows: Lexicon Greek 4376 4376 prosphora {pros-for-ah'} from 4374; TDNT - 9:68,1252; n f AV - offering 8, offering up 1; 9 1) the act of offering, a bringing to 2) that which is offered, a gift, a present. In the NT a sacrifice, whether bloody or not: offering for sin, expiatory offering Answer for yourself: Did you notice that this offering could be bloody or not? Yes. So we have to keep studying deeper to get to the truth cause as of now it is unclear which type of offerings Paul brought. Answer for yourself: How do come to the correct understanding about whether Paul brought blood sacrifices on non-blood sacrifices? Easy. we let the context of the passage define it for us. And since this offering occurs after the cross - the ramifications of such an offering if is blood has staggering consequences for traditional Christianity and Christian doctrine. INVESTIGATING PAULS OFFERING IN DETAIL We need only to look at what was required in Numbers 6 for one who undertook a Nazarite vow. Since this is a Nazarite vow as described in Acts 21, which occurs almost 30 years after the death of Yeshua, we must look no further than the commandments surrounding the Nazarite vow and these are recorded for us in Numbers chapter 6 to determine if the offerings attendant with it are bloody or not:

Numb 6:13 (KJV) And this [is] the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: 14 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, 15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings. 16 And the priest shall bring [them] before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering: 17 And he shall offer the ram [for] a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering. 18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put [it] in the fire which [is] under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. 19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put [them] upon the hands of the Nazarite, after [the hair of] his separation is shaven: 20 And the priest shall wave them [for] a wave offering before the LORD: this [is] holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. 21 This [is] the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, [and of] his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. Answer for yourself: First of all, did you notice that one who undertook a Nazarite vow was required to bring peace offerings as well as sin offerings? Answer for yourself: Don't you find this rather strange in light of what Hebrews teaches, yet we have Pauls example to the contrary? Answer for yourself: If Paul is the writer of Hebrews, and if he ascribed to such doctrines taught in Hebrews then why is he doing just the opposite? Answer for yourself: Are you aware that these peace and sin offerings required the killing and spilling of an animals blood which had to be sprinkled on the altar? Answer for yourself: Having read Numbers 6, do you see for yourself that blood sacrifices had to be brought in fulfillment of the Nazarite vow which Paul was obedient to over 30 years after the cross? I hope so. Answer for yourself: Does it look like it to you that Paul believed, as seen in his actions, that Yeshua was the last sacrifice once and for all? No way. Answer for yourself: Does it appear to you that the writer of the book of Hebrews 10:1-2 is correct when it states that blood sacrifices for sin had ceased to be offered? No way. Evidently Paul surely does not seem to believe it by his actions.

Answer for yourself: Can you say that by Pauls actions he believe that the offering of the body of Yeshua was a once for all sacrifice for sin? You sure can't! Answer for yourself: How can we believe Hebrews 10:14 where it says we are perfected forever by the sacrifice of Yeshua when just 30 years later the Apostle Paul was still bring sin offerings to the Temple (after the death of Yeshua)? Answer for yourself: Over the course of thirty years had Paul forgotten that Now where remission of there is, there is no more offering for sin as Hebrews 10:18 professes? Evidently he did not ascribe to such a teaching as evidenced by his life and actions. Answer for yourself: How can we draw near to God with a true heart when we have been taught a doctrine by our Christian church which cannot be substantiated by looking at Pauls life when he is the one believe to have written it in the first place? Answer for yourself: Why would Paul bring "blood sacrifices" and sin offerings if the Law had been done away with in Yeshua's death or if Yeshuas death had been understood as the final sacrifice of all sacrifices? He most assuredly would not have done so. Answer for yourself: From the examples I have shown you, how can you in true faith believe that there is a new way when it can be shown by Pauls life that there is not any new way at all, but that the only way given to God by man was still followed by him as well as gentile coverts he taught? Answer for yourself: Are you aware that maybe for the first time you are seeing the many conflicts in the New Testament which lie just before the surface of the English translation? Answer for yourself: Will you admit to yourself that what you have just saw throttles mainline Christianity and its teachings about the death of Yeshua as a final atonement for sin? Answer for yourself: Are you aware that not just in Hebrews, but all through the New Testament we have passages which pass for truth, which upon just a little investigation can be shown to be Gentile fabrications created by Roman and Gentile authors to change the faith of Yeshua into a faith about him and replace Biblical Judaism intended for all mankind with neo-paganism which was their heritage? Answer for yourself: In other words, are you aware that as a typical Christian you practice a replacement faith which can be shown to be in error by anyone well versed in both the Jewish as well as the Greek Scriptures?

The fact that Paul does bring blood sacrifices COMMANDED BY THE LAW testifies to him and should to us that the Law had not passed away after Yeshua's death as a

pattern for life for believers in Yeshua and his message as we so often have been told. But more than that it demonstrates two things: 1. That Paul evidently did not think that Yeshua's death was a sacrifice to end all sacrifices. 2. That Paul still felt the need to obey the Law after the death of Yeshua, even laws concerning sin offerings as an atonement for sin. Answer for yourself: Is that the message you have received from your church? Answer for yourself: What does that do to the traditional teachings we hear week after week in our churches preached by those who repeat what they have heard and not studied out for themselves? Should we feel secure? Answer for yourself: Dear Christian, can you now see that the Law had never passed away after the cross and we have severely misunderstood the message of the Bible and in its place accepted the traditions of menmany of which are in error and contradict the truths given by God? I hope so. Answer for yourself: Can you begin to guess at the staggering consequences facing you since not only the Law has not passed away, but it seems Yeshua's death was not understood by the first believes as a final atonement for sin as we have been told? Answer for yourself: As most who read these thought-provoking articles are Christians, do you understand that you, like I did before I learned the truth, have lived most of your lives as "Lawless Believes" and are trusting for you atonement something other than the Bible teaches and what Paul actually believed? Needles to say we have a great contradiction. Pauls life speaks otherwise than what is attributed to him in his letters. What we have to come to terms with is that much of what is believed written by Paul is rhetoric put into the mouth of Paul by the early Gentile Church. For you have seen hidden beneath the lines of your Bible evidence which contradicts much of what we are told Paul wrote. They both cannot be reconciled! It is almost too scary to consider the many sins we have committed "under grace" without the guidance of God's Law which would have regulated our conduct and behavior if followed.