Will Animal Sacrifices Be Re-Instated During The Millennial Kingdom? Many belie e that they !
ill be" The atonement that #esus $hrist accom%lished on the cross is both acce%table in the eyes of &od and eternal for forgi eness and sal ation" This means that the animal sacrifices themsel es !ill not %ro ide sal ation to those !ho offer them" This should come as no sur%rise since that's !hat the (ld Testament and the )e! Testament teach" $onsider these erses* "What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?" Says the LORD. "I have had enough of urnt offerings of rams! "nd the fat of fed cattle. "nd I ta#e no pleasure in the lood of ulls! lam s! or goats $Isaiah %&%%'. (or it is impossi le for the lood of ulls and goats to ta#e a)ay sins $*e re)s %+&,'. The blood of $hrist is the reality that the blood of animals symboli+ed" $onsider the follo!ing %assage found in ,ebre!s -*./-.0" (or if the lood of goats and ulls and the ashes of a heifer sprin#ling those )ho have een defiled! sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh! ho) much more )ill the lood of -hrist! )ho through the eternal Spirit offered *imself )ithout lemish to .od! cleanse your conscience from dead )or#s to serve the living .od? $*e re)s /&%01%,'. What then !ill be the %ur%ose of the animal sacrifices during the Millennial 1ingdom? (ne suggestion is that the animal sacrifices may be li1e a memorial 2similar to the bread and !ine at communion time3" ,o!e er they are used4 it !ill be in a &od honoring !ay 25salm 6.*.6-.- and ,eb" ..*03"2.3 A Different Sacrificial System: The millennial system of sacrifices described by 7+e1iel differs %rofoundly from the Aaronic system" It is not sim%ly a reinstitution of Mosaic #udaism" D!ight 5entecost %oints out 283 that there !ill be no ar1 of the co enant4 tables of the la!4 cherubim4 mercy seat4 eil4 golden lam%stand4 or table of sho!bread 2%entecost4 %%"689-803" Instead of a high %riest4 a %rince !ho has some royal or %riestly %o!ers !ill be on duty4 but he !ill actually be neither 1ing nor high %riest" The le ite's !ill ha e fe!er Tem%le %ri ileges4 e:ce%t for the sons of ;ado14 !ho !ill ser e as %riests" The feast of 5entecost is omitted4 as !ell as the &reat Day of Atonement and the daily e ening sacrifice"2.3 Miscellaneous* We !on't 1no! for sure !hat4 if any4 1ind of memorial sacrificial system !ill be in %lace during the Millennial Kingdom until !e get there" We do 1no! that there !ill be a sacrificial system in %lace <ust before the second coming of the Messiah during the first half of the Tribulation 5eriod" This !ill be a%%ro:imately / and a half years before the Millennial Kingdom begins" We 1no! this because the Anti-christ !ill %ut a sto% to it" =or more on this %lease read 7nd To Sacrifice from the Daniel %ro%hecy" The %resent-day re-established San ,edrin $ourt has %urchased a herd of shee% for ritual sacrifice at
the site of the Tem%le on the e e of 5asso er4 !hen conditions on the Tem%le Mount %ermit" A member of the Sanhedrin4 5rofessor ,illel Weiss4 said in an inter ie! that the symbolic 5asso er sacrifice is intended to remind #e!s that the Tem%le rituals !ill resume !hen the Messiah comes"2/3 In #udaism4 animal sacrifices are lin1ed !ith the rebuilding of the tem%le" The rebuilt tem%le must be in %lace in order for the sacrifices to begin" The %resence and %ur%ose of millennial sacrifices neither diminish the finished !or1 of $hrist4 nor iolates the literal inter%retation of the %ro%hetic %assages found in 7+e1iel 09-0>" The millennial tem%le and its ritual !ill ser e as a daily reminder of fallen man's need before a holy &od and lessons about ho! this same &od lo ingly !or1s to remo e the obstacle of human sin for those !ho trust ,im" 203 Read more about ?i ing In The 7nd Times" Read about our Messiah" Acknowledgments: .3" #ohn Whitcomb !riting for The 5o%ular 7ncyclo%edia of Bible 5ro%hecy by Tim ?ahaye* 83" Things to $ome by D!ight #" 5entecost* /3" ,aaret+-Israel )e!s 8-8>-899@" 03" Midnight $all Maga+ine" 2Dr" Thomas Ice3 Se%tember 899@ %"8-"
