The Millenium Temple

[Guest shiloh357]

What is the purpose of having memorial sacrifices if Christ is present?

The sacrifices will be both a remembrance of what the Messiah has done. It will be a reminder to both the believer and unbeliever.

Secondly, as I pointed out, the Millennium will be a theocracy. If you read my poster earlier I pointed out that in a theocracy, the sacrifices also take on a legal status when civil law in a theocracy is broken.

Let me ask you this... Why did Paul perform sacrifices? He performed sacrifices at least twice in the book of Acts, once for himself, and again for some other men. This occurred late in Paul's life, not at the beginning of his ministry. The sacrifices that Paul performed offered nothing salvific, but were for the purpose of ceremonial cleansing.

Your question demonstrates the error that most of Christianity sits in where the sacrifices are concerned. The sacrifices are seen as opposing the gospel, and they are not. The sacrifices are not the OT way to salvation. All to often that is how they are perceived. If the sacrifices in the OT provided a way for man to be saved in the OT, then they would most certainly be antagonistic to gospel. The truth is that people in the OT were saved by grace through faith the same as people in the NT.

During the Millennium, the sacrifices will retain the same memorial status they had in the OT, and the legal status they had in a theocracy. They will not atone spiritually for sin. Their status will only apply in a legal sense where civil law in a theocracy is concerned.

[Yahsway]

I have been following this thread for some time and thank you George for your faithfulness and thank you also Shiloh for your in- depth study of Holy Writ and your faithfulness as well.

I would like to add something if I may.

I see death as a sweet savour unto God. Let me explain. When we drink the fruit of the vine and eat the matza we are proclaiming Yeshua's death until He comes back, This is a memorial.

When we pick up our OWN cross/die to self, this must be a sweet savour unto God's nostrils.

When the sacrafices in the OT where done with a pure and contrite heart, the smoke from those offerings I believe were also sweet before our God.

There will be flesh here to worship and be taught during the millinium, the sacrafices then are to be for a memorial for those who will be living in the flesh during that time and for all those born during that time. It will be as a memorial, to remember the Great sacrifice made by Yeshua.

and yes, He will rule from Jerusalem with a rod of iron.

[Guest shiloh357]

I must respectfully disagree with your evaluation. I place no words in anyone

[traveller]

This topic is going absolutely no where and moderating it is very time consuming. I'm closing it. If George or another moderator wishes to open it I will have no objections. I honestly do not see the point.