Tough Questions for Christians #10: Animal Sacrifices AFTER Jesus’ Return

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The Battle of Gog and Magog, also known as Armageddon, it’s the last great battle between good and evil. Satan and the Antichrist rally the cumulative military forces of the world to attack Israel. God himself comes down and defeats the assailing armies.

According to Revelations, immediately thereafter Satan is cast into the pit of Hell, people are raised from the dead and judged by their works. Ezekiel talks about the Battle of Gog and Magog in chapters 38 & 39, but oddly it seems Christians stop reading there.

You see, the prophecy doesn’t end with God defeating Satan’s army, in chapters 40-48 Ezekiel is given descriptions, and a tour of God’s temple, complete with schematics, the size of different rooms, the size of alters, and so on. It’s really kind of dry reading, which is probably why most people don’t continue on.

When you get to chapter 43 and Ezekiel starts describing sin offerings.

Ezekiel 43:21-25:

Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.

And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.

When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.

And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.

Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.

Now this is AFTER the end of world, this is AFTER Armageddon. God has come down, he has decimated Satan. Supposedly all of the sinful people have been sent to Hell or caste into the Lake of Fire, according to Revelations, and judged by their works.

But yet, God is demanding sin offerings. Now if Jesus was really the last sin offering that was ever needed, then why does Ezekiel prophecy about sin offerings being offered AFTER Christ’s return, or after the Messiah’s return?

What does that say about Jesus’ sacrifice? Was Jesus’ sacrifice too small? Too little? Was it not enough to please God? Was Jesus’ sacrifice so insignificant that God will have to reinstate the traditional sin offerings after he comes back to rule the world?

TOUGH QUESTION FOR CHRISTIANS #10:

WAS JESUS’ SACRIFICE TOO INSIGNIFICANT TO PLEASE GOD? IF NOT, WHY DOES GOT REINSTATE ANIMAL SACRIFICES?

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