Repentance, Sacrifice, and Redemption (Our Fathers Have Inherited Lies)

By Shmuel Playfair

This book serves as a resource for those who seek to correctly understand what the Jewish Scriptures teach regarding Sin, Sacrifice, and Redemption (Salvation). Blood was required as a graphic expression of repentance for atonement only in the context of the animal sacrifices offered at the Tabernacle or Temple. Poor people could also offer flour offerings that contained no blood. Furthermore, there is nothing in the Jewish scriptures to support the idea that good works of repentance "could not obtain atonement." On the contrary, we read, "By loving-kindness ( b' Hesed ) and true faithfulness ( v'emeth ) iniquity is atoned for ( y'Hupar ), and by the fear of HaShem one avoids evil." [Proverbs 16.6] In Mark 10.43-45, we read, "...whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be a slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for the benefit of many." In other words, the way for people to participate in Yeshua's "ransom for the benefit of many" is to repent of their sins and sacrificially replace their self-centered lives with loving faithfully obedient service for God and others, just as Yeshua demonstrated through his life and death. As Paul exhorts his readers, "I encourage you, therefore, brothers, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable (worship) service." [Rom. 12.1] In this regard, we read in Psalm 44.23, "Because for Your sake we (the righteous of Israel) are killed all day long [i.e., always giving up our selfish lives to do HaShem 's will]; we are considered as sheep (prepared) for slaughter [as sacrifices for God's glory]."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0B92RGJ65
• ISBN13: 9798846448865
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.7" x 7.0"