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Topic: Animal Sacrifices

Episode Topic Audio

2024-04-11 		Cain's Offering Rejected: Why was Cain's sacrifice not accepted? [Hebrews 11:4, Genesis 4:3-5].

2024-02-27 		Destruction of the Temple: When was the temple destroyed, 70 A.D. or 134 A.D.?
"The Holy Spirit Told Me So": What do you say to someone who claims that the Holy Spirit told them something (in light of doctrinal disagreement)?
Sacrifices in Remembrance in the Future: Will sacrifices in the temple in the future be offered in remembrance, or as a sin offering? Were the sacrifices in the temple always in remembrance? [Ezekiel 40-47, Ezekiel 45:15-20].

2023-12-15 		Current Jewish Atonement Practices: How can those who remain Jewish practice their faith and atonement without sacrifices in the temple? [Galatians 3:27-28].

2023-11-22 		Repentance & Sacrifices in Old Testament: Did they repent for sin under the Old Covenant? Did they offer sacrifices daily, for atonement of sin? [Psalm 5:16-17. Hebrews 10:4-10].

2023-10-19 		Blood Sacrifice for Atonement: Why is the spilling of blood the only solution for atonement? [Leviticus 17:11].

2023-10-13 		Jesus & the Blood Sacrifice: What do you think about someone who loves Jesus, but does call herself for a Christian, on the basis of the requirement of a blood sacrifice? [Matthew 20:28, John 5:46-47, Hosea 6:6, 1 Timothy 2:6, 1 Corinthians 5:7, Psalm 40:6, Psalm 50:1].

2023-08-23 		Future Sacrificial System: If there is going to be a reinstituted sacrificial system, isn't that contradicting what Jesus came to end? Rec: Magazine Article at the website, "Ezekiel's Temple." [Zechariah 14:20-21, Ezekiel 40-47, Hebrews 10:8, Ezekiel 45:15, Ezekiel 45:17, Ezekiel 45:20, Psalm 110:4, Ezekiel 43:10-11, 1 Peter 2:5, Hebrews 13:15, Romans 12:1-2, Philippians 4:18-20, Psalm 40:6-8, Psalm 51:16-17, Malachi 1:8-10, Isaiah 1;12-15].

2023-06-30 		Bible Contradiction-Restriction on Food Sacrificed to Idols: Could you clarify the contractions about dietary restrictions, specifically of Paul not really having a problem with those that eat meat sacrificed to idols in contrast to the letter in Revelation 2? Is there concern over the dietary laws (such as Kosher laws)? [Revelation 2:20, I Corinthians 8, 1 Corinthians 10, Acts 15, Galatians 2:11, Romans 14:14.

2023-06-07 		Symbolism of the Lamb of the Sacrifice: Regarding the sacrificial lamb ritual - how can we know that there is only one Messiah, since there are two lambs (the scapegoat and the sacrificial) in the Old Testament ritual? [Leviticus 16].

2023-05-24 		Blood Sacrifice: Why did God require a "blood sacrifice," like the pagans? [Genesis 3:21, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 8:20-22, Romans 3:23, Revelation 13:8].

2023-05-09 		Sacrifices in Genesis: Why are they offering sacrifices in Genesis before Leviticus has been given? [Hebrews 11:4, Luke 11:50f].

2023-04-10 		Eating Meat: Could you help me sort when the eating of meat entered the diet of humans, why did they keep livestock, and what cause distinction between clean and unclean animals? [Genesis 1-3, Genesis 9].

2023-04-03 		Sharing with a Catholic: Caller thanks Steve for the manner in which he handled a Catholic caller's questions, commenting it was a good example by which to learn how to handle such.
Paul's Sacrificing at the Temple: Could you talk about Paul sacrificing at the temple? [1 Corinthians 9:19-23, Numbers 6, Acts 18:18, Romans 14:5, Acts 21:26].

2023-03-16 		Difficulties with Parts of Scripture: Caller shares concern over the difficult parts of the Old Testament? [Genesis 22, John 6:6].

2023-02-10 		The Law of Moses: How many of the laws were given by Moses and how many were added by the Jewish rabbis later? [Mark 7:10].
God Does Not Desire Sacrifice: When scripture says that God "does not desire sacrifice" was David saying that the sacrifices are no more? [Psalm 40:6-8, Psalm 51:16-17, Hosea 6:6].

2023-01-10 		Job's Knowledge: How did Job know to sacrifice, especially for others and before The Law? [Job 1, Luke 11:4, 1 Petre 2:5, Romans 12:1, Hebrews 13:15, Philippians 4:18].

2022-07-19 		Global Warming: Caller comments on "global warming" as a result of hearing a previous call about it.
Animals Talking: Do you think that all the animals talked before the fall in Eden (like when Eve spoke with the serpent)?
Animal Sacrifices: Did God eat the animal sacrifices?

2022-06-09 		Old Testament Sacrifices: Could you talk about how it is possible to perform as many sacrifices as the Old Testament suggests?
Frequency of the Sacrifices: Is there anything in scripture that indicates how often someone had to offer sacrifices?


2022-05-18 		Do Jews Need Jesus?: How do I respond to those who think that as a Jew they do not need Jesus, but feel that it is sufficient that they have the Father? [Jeremiah 31:31-33, Leviticus 17:11, Leviticus 16].

2022-05-05 		Eating Things Sacrificed to Idols: Was not the sacrifies of animals gone by now? [Romans 14:14, Acts 10:9-16, Revelation 2:14, I Corinthians 8-10].

2022-04-11 		Cain & Abel: Where did Cain, Abel, and Abraham get the command from God to give sacrifices? [Luke 11:50-51, Hebrews 11:4]
Abraham's Tithe: Did God require a tithe from Abraham?

2022-02-24 		Meat from the Sacrifices: In the Old Testament, what did that do with all that meat after the animal sacrifices?
Babylon as the Internet: What do you think about Babylon being the internet?


2022-02-04 		Tree of Life: Why didn't God let Adam & Eve eat from the "Tree of Life" if He killed the animals to cover their sin? [Genesis 3, I Timothy 6:16].

2022-01-14 		Dispensationalist Ezekiel's Temple Arguments: How do Dispensationalist explain away the various temple rituals that are no longer valid? [Ezekiel 40-48, Ezekiel 43:10-11].

2022-01-14 		Unable to Return to God & "Sacrifice for Sin": Are you saying that one can fall away from God, and then cannot repent and return to Him? [Hebrews 10:26, Jeremiah 31, I John 2:1, I John 1:9, James 2:26, John 6:37].

2021-11-23 		Ritual Under the New Covenant: Could you expound on the way Jesus taught ritual law to his disciples, but you indicate that ritual law no longer applies to us. [Matthew 8, Mark 7, Hebrews 10:1-18].

2021-11-08 		Forgiven Sins without a Temple How were people able to be forgiven for their sins when there was no temple? [Psalm 32:1, Romans 4:3, Romans 4:7-8, Genesis 15:6, Ephesians 2:10].
God's Glory in the Temple: Did God's glory ever refill the temple? [Exodus 40, Haggai 2:9, Ezekiel 11, Matthew 23:38, I Kings 8:10-11].

2021-11-05 		The Exodus & Animal Sacrifices: Did the Israelites have a lot of stuff with them throughout the exodus and wilderness wandering and did they offer animal sacrifices?



2021-10-22 		Sacrifices & Offerings in Old Testament: Could you talk about the different kinds of offerings from Leviticus and what the significance may have been?
Priests & the Sacrifices: Were the priests making sacrifices every day of the year, rather than just on the Day of Atonement?


2021-10-14 		Animal Sacrifice with Adam & Eve: Did God cover the sinfulness of Adam and Eve with the animal skins? [Genesis 3:21].

2021-10-14 		Penal Substitution Atonement: Are there good arguments for views other than Penal Substitution of the Atonement? [Hebrews 10:4, 2 Corinthians 5:21, I Peter 2:24-25, Isaiah 53:11].

2021-04-13 		Animals Had to Die as Substitute: Do you think that the animals took a substitutionary role when Adam and Eve sinned? [Exodus 24:14].

2020-09-21 		Israelites Sacrifices During the 40 Years: Did the Israelites continue to offer animal sacrifices when they were wandering for those 40 years in the wilderness? [I Corinthians 11].

2020-07-14 		Third Temple & Animal Sacrifices: Why do the Jews think there will be a third temple where there will again be animal sacrifices? [Ezekiel 40-48, Zechariah 14, Jeremiah 18:8].

2019-05-30 		Old Testament Sacrifices: Any particular symbolism relative to the sex and type of animals used for the sacrificial offerings? [2 Corinthians 6:14, Acts 10:28, Deuteronomy 22:10, I Peter 1:19, Romans 12:1].

2019-04-01 		Temple Sacrifices: Were temple animal sacrifices condemned by God? [Jeremiah 7:21-24]

2019-03-25 		Animal sacrifice: On the Day of Atonement, what kind of animal did the High Priest slaughter? [Leviticus 16]. How do we understand the symbolism of "Lamb of God"? Do all the animals have distinct meanings in the sacrificial rites?

2019-03-13 		Exodus: During the exodus, the people were limited to manna and quail, why didn’t they eat their livestock and not just sacrifice it?

2018-10-19 		Dispensationalists: Dispensationalists trying to pull scripture to support the millennial sacrificial system
Mllennium: Did you say some church fathers also were premillennial?

2018-09-27 		Cain's Sacrifice Rejected: Why did God accept the sacrifice of Abel but not Cain's?

2018-06-11 		Animals Sacrifices in Millennium: Will there be Animal Sacrifices in the Millennium?

2018-05-23 		Clean & Unclean Animals: Can you explain to me about clean & unclean foods, especially the vision Peter had regarding them? [Acts 10, Acts 11]

2018-04-19 		The Jewish Sacrificial System Ending: When did the sacrificial system end for the Jews? In 70 AD at the Destruction of the Temple or at the Cross when the curtain was rent in twain?

2018-03-15 		Contradiction of Passover Meal: There seems to be contradiction when the passover happened in the gospels. Luke says they had Passover dinner before Jesus was arrested, John seems to say it was after His arrest, but others say it was at the same time. Which was it?
Passover Animal Sacrifice as Jesus' Crucifixion: Do think He was crucified on the same day they killed the literal lamb?

2018-02-20 		Authority to Forgive Sins: When Jesus gives the disciples authority to forgive sins, is this just for Apostles or all believers? [John 20:23]
OT Sacrifices: Were the sacrifices in the Old Testament believed to be for forgiveness of sins at that time or just a covering for future forgiveness?

2018-01-16 		Meat Sacrificed to Idols: I would like you to expound on these 2 particular verses in 1 Corinthians 8 regarding making your brother weak involving meat sacrificed to idols. [1 Corinthians 8:11-12]

2017-11-13 		Still asked to Teach even though Different View: We've been asked to teach even though we disagree about hell. (follow up to a call he made couple weeks before.)
Tongues of Fire & Consumed by Fire: There was the Day of Pentecost when the Flames of Fire were on people, & the animal sacrifices that were consumed by fire, are they somehow related? [Acts 2]

2017-08-25 		Eating Meat Sacrificed to Idols: What were the ramifications for eating meat from idols?

2017-08-23 		Sacrificing More than One Place: Was Israel was allowed to sacrifice in more than one place? [Deuteronomy 12:21]

2017-08-10 		Sacrificial System: Is the sacrificial system going to be reinstated in the end time, the 3rd temple being rebuilt?

2017-07-12 		Cain's Sacrifice not Accepted: Why was Cain's sacrifice not accepted?

2017-07-07 		The Blood & Fat: I was reading Leviticus, & there's a lot of talk of blood there, & wondering why God was so specific w/ what to do w/ the blood & fat. [Leviticus]

2017-06-23 		Eating Meat, Killing Animals: Aren't you killing animals when you eat meat so shouldn't we all become vegetarians?

2017-05-23 		Obey Better than Sacrifice: "Better to obey than sacrifice", what does this mean? any relevance for today? [1 Samuel 15:22]



2017-01-05 		Jesus' Resurrection: Why did Jesus have to be resurrected? To conquer both spiritual & physical death?
Jews & Isaiah 53: If Jews don't believe that Jesus was Messiah, how do they interpret scriptures like Isaiah 53? [Isaiah 53]
Saved by Animal Sacrifice in the OT: Were the Jews saved by Animal Sacrifice in the Old Testament?

2016-08-25 		Kingdom of Priests: The Israelites would be a kingdom of priests, how could the average run of the mill Israelite be a priest? [Exodus 19:5-6]
Paul Disobeying Spirit-Filled People: Paul was told not to go to Jerusalem, did he disobey God since he was going against the spirit-filled men? [Acts 21:4]

2016-08-17 		Christian Zionists believing in 2 Covenants: Christian Zionists believe in 2 covenants? Isn't doing the animal sacrifices again a slap in the face of Jesus' sacrifice?

2016-08-05 		Animal Sacrifice & Zionism: Messianic Jews, final sacrifice, the time between the 69th & 70th week of Daniel, & caller thinks Zionism is a very dangerous idea:

2016-07-12 		Stopping the Sacrificial System: What caused the cessation of them? How do the Jews atone for the sins nowadays?



2016-06-02 		Jews Abolishing the Sacrificial System: Why did the Jews stop sacrificing animals after Jesus died? (She asked 2 questions, but Steve couldn't remember the second, & answers it later in the show: Why does there need to be a gate & wall in the New Jerusalem?)

2016-04-21 		Burnt Offerings: Why would a sin/burnt offering be required to atonefor something that wasn't a sin as far as the individual willingly? [Leviticus 15:13-15]

2016-04-12 		Jesus going to the flames of Hell: Did Jesus actually go to hell to be burned for a burnt offering aspect? [1 Peter 3:18-20, Leviticus 1:1-10, Matthew 22:36-38, Romans 12:1-2]
Jusitified by Christ: What does "...raised again for our justification" mean in Romans? [Romans 4:25]

2016-02-29 		Jewish Sacrificial System: How often did the Jewish people have to animal sacrifices?

2016-02-19 		No More Repentance Required: since we are under grace, once we accept Jesus we no longer have to pray for forgiveness? Is that true?
Shedding of Blood: Why was the shedding of blood necessary?

2015-12-28 		Jews building a Tabernacle: How come the Jews, since they don't believe in Jesus, can't just build a tabernacle so they can start the sacrificial system again?

2015-10-05 		Sacrifices during the time of Jesus & after: Leave to your house desolate, being w/ out sacrifice, but the Jews were doing it right at the time, according to what Jesus told the Samaritan woman. So the Jews were doing right between the transition period between when Jesus died & the destruction of Jeruslaem in 70 AD. Hosea 3:4, John 4:21-23]

2015-08-04 		Tabernacle: Caller would like to know about the Tabernacle.

2015-07-07 		Land of the Giants: Bashan, Nephilim, are all these Giant people descendants of Adam? [Deuteronomy 3:13]
Gaza & Burning their children for Sacrifices: It says in the Bible that God didn't Israel conquer all the Canaanites, leaving Gaza alone, for example, & yet they did evil like burn their children for sacrifices?
Alien Shows on TV: We shouldn't trust shows on TV like the History Channel, that quote the Bible, because they often get it wrong.

2015-05-19 		"Esau Have I hated, but Jacob have I Loved": God loves EVERYONE, so why does it say in Romans that He hated Esau? [John 3:16, Romans 9:13
Animal Sacrifices: If the Jews don't believe that Jesus is Messiah then how come they no longer perform animal sacrifices?

2015-04-15 		Son of Man: Why is Ezekiel referred to as "the son of man" 90 times in the book of Ezekiel?
Vision of the Bronze Man: Going away from the sacrificial system but coming back to it, is that what that vision is saying? [Ezekiel 40-48]


2015-01-13 		Paul Offering Animal Sacrifice: Did Paul really offer an animal sacrifice? [Acts 21:23-26]

2014-12-29 		Animal Sacrifice (follow-up): Why was it even necessary to have a blood animal sacrificial system? [Matthew 20:28, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 2:24-25]

2014-12-29 		Animal Sacrifice: Why did God say He didn't really want animal sacrifice in Hosea, but then lay out a detailed plan of how to do them in Leviticus? [Hosea 6:6, Leviticus 1-7]

2014-12-10 		Covenant: What is the significance of the Blood in the Old & New Covenants?
Jesus' Imminent Return: Is Jesus' return imminent? [2 Thessalonians 2]

2014-12-10 		Animal Sacrifices: It tells us in Hebrews that animal sacrifices can never take away sin, so why do verses in the Old Testament seem to say just the opposite, that they can & will? [Hebrews 10]

2014-08-12 		Hyper-Dispensationalists & Rebuilding of the Temple: Isn't it blasphemous to think Dispensationalists need to build another temple?

2014-07-16 		(1) Jesus Crucifying Animals in the Millennium: There won't be future animal sacrifices like Dispensationalists purport, right? [Ezekiel 25:22, Ezekiel 40-48]
(2) Jesus as Lord & God (His dual nature): So what do you think about Paul & Thomas calling Jesus Lord & God?
(3) Replacement Theology & (4) The Body of Christ (Church): (3) We are to have nothing to do w/ the Old Covenant, isn't that right? (4) Do you think of the Body of Christ - His Church - going to ultimately prosper?

2014-07-09 		Dispensationalism: Is this a fair definition of Dispensationalism: Is their belief that when the Lord of glory returns, He's going to rule for 1000 years out of Jerusalem, & there's going to be a rebuilt temple & animal sacrifices?

2014-06-03 		Sacrificial system reinstated in the Millennium: I've heard that the Bible says that the animal sacrificial system will be reinstated during Jesus' 1000 year reign, sort've to remind us of the sacrifice Christ made on the cross. [Zechariah 14, Ezekiel 40-48, Mark 14:22-25, Luke 22:18-20, 1 Corinthians 11:23-25, Psalm 40, Hebrews 10]

2014-05-12 		Computer literacy Programs: Libraries give lessons on how to use a computer.
Skin of the animal required blood of animal: Even the animal skins that Adam & Eve got from God, that required blood from the animal.

2014-04-02 		Goats & Bulls & Justification by Faith: It says that the Blood of Goats & Bulls never really justified the people of the OT, so how were they justified? Still by faith also? [Hebrews 9:13-10:18, Romans 4, 1 Peter 3:18-20, Romans 3:25]



2014-02-24 		Ancient Israel & Gentiles: Jesus would've still had to come die on the cross even if the Jews had obeyed the Old Covenant to the letter, is that true, & how would the gospel been affected towards the Gentiles had the Jews not rejected Jesus? Would it still have gone out to them as well?

2014-01-15 		1290 Days & 1335 Days: Can you explain the difference between the 1290 days & 1335 days, after the sacrificial system ceased, which is found at the end of the book of Daniel? [Daniel 12:11-12]

2013-08-28 		Eerdmans' Handbook to the Bible & the Samaritans: Do Samaritans still perform animal sacrifices on Mount Gerizim?

2013-08-19 		Hebrew Roots: Some people similar to Hebrew Roots Movement [Jeremiah]
Future Animal Sacrificial System: People similar to the Messianic Jews/Hebrew Roots Movement also think that the animal sacrifical system is going to be restored because of what Ezekiel says. [Ezekiel 40-45]

2013-07-16 		No Killing: Caller continues talking about restrictions on any kind of killing.

2013-07-16 		God not Accepting Cain's Offering: Why didn't God accept Cain's offering? [Genesis 4:5]



2013-06-24 		Wave Offering: What was a "wave offering"? [Leviticus 23:15-21]

2013-06-10 		Light Before the Sun: How was there was light before the Sun was created on the 4th day? [Genesis 1:3-5, Genesis 1:14-19]
Animals on the Ark: Why is it barely ever mentioned that Noah actually brought seven pairs of a lot of the animals, not just 2 by 2? [Genesis 7:1-2]

2013-03-12 		Symbolism of Split Animal in Old Testament: Can you explain why the verses about Abraham splitting the animal in Genesis represents Christ's sacrifice? [I Corinthians 15:3, Genesis 15, Isaiah 53].
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