THIS MEME WAS DISCOVERED ON THE WALL OF SOMEONE WHO
HAS REJECTED YESHUA ... so let’s examine what the BIBLE says:
Many have allowed themselves to reject Messiah Yeshua because they don’t know
the “whole” Bible, from Genesis through Revelation. They have picked and chosen verses to support
their own beliefs (which they usually found while grazing around on social
media).
SO HERE’S MY QUESTION TO THEM:
If atonement was only by a female lamb and since "Jesus
was not female, he cannot qualify” then why, in Exodus 12, for the preparation
for the one-and-only original "pass over", does it say the following:
Exodus 12:3 ...On the tenth day of this month, each man is to take a lamb or
kid for his family, one per household - 4 except that if the household is too
small for a whole lamb or kid, then he and his next-door neighbor should share
one, dividing it in proportion to the number of people eating it. 5 Your animal
must be without defect, a male in its first year, and you may choose it from
either the sheep or the goats. "'You are to keep it until the fourteenth
day of the month, and then the entire assembly of the community of Isra'el will
slaughter it at dusk. (CJB)
So here we have that the Passover offering was NOT a "female" and we
read in verse 6 that the animal is not sacrificed; but, rather, killed.
Additionally, it's not a correct statement, citing only Leviticus 4:32 that a
sin offering must be a female animal because we see throughout Torah that
atonement for sin is not so much the sex of the animal; rather what animal is
required for the person or group or sin being atoned. (Leviticus 4:23 - a bull
for a Cohen; Leviticus 4:13 - a bull for the entire community; Leviticus 4:22 -
a male goat for a "leader", etc.)
And in Leviticus 5:7, we learn that if a person can't afford a lamb, two doves
or pigeons can be substituted! And, as we see in Leviticus 5:11, YHWH is even
willing to accept from those who can't afford even a bird: "two quarts of
fine flour for a sin offering"....
Leviticus 5:11 "'But if his means are insufficient even for two doves or two young pigeons, then he is to bring as his offering for the sin he committed two quarts of fine flour for a sin offering; he is not to put any olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering. (CJB)
AND LOOK AT THIS:
Leviticus 12:8 If she can't afford a lamb, she is to take two doves or two
young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering;
the cohen will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.'" (CJB)
As is clearly evident when read in context, the "female lamb" is not
the point! Yes, Leviticus 4:32 says a female lamb, for an individual's sin; but
4:28 says a female goat instead, for an individual's sin. When the Cohen sinned
inadvertently, or the entire community sinned inadvertently, a male animal was
used for atonement! (See Lev 4:1-4; 4:14; all the sin offerings for the clans
in Numbers 7:12-87, the sin offerings of Numbers 28, to mention a few).
So the use of the word "lamb" for the Messiah is entirely
metaphorical. His substitution was for all, so it is appropriate that he was
male, as the lamb of the original “pass-over” was a male.
About the "without blemish" issue:
Again, this is metaphorical. "Jesus" was
"without blemish" in that He was SINLESS. Yes, He was beaten bloody,
but even in the animal sacrifice, the "unblemished" animal is
slaughtered, bloodied, and cut apart! So,
by this reasoning, doesn't that "disqualify" the animal as it is now
no longer "without blemish"?
And, oh by the way, let's not forget there was a "ram" in the thicket
at the binding of Isaac (Genesis 22). That ram was a "male" which was
the foreshadowing of the redeemer.
Let’s also NOT forget that NOBODY “sacrificed” Messiah Yeshua! He martyred himself on behalf of all those who accept him as YAHWEH’s Mashyiach (Messiah) – against which there is no Law! The earth was his altar, to make atonement for us – to remove our PAST sins! (Not intentional, ongoing sins…)
Please check out our indepth article: https://www.therefinersfire.org/life_eternal.htm )
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