sacrifice

In Second Macabees, the writer reckunts how soon before the persecutions preceding the Macabean revolt accoured, word came to the governor that the temple had much money within it, and he sent his treasurer Heliodorus with guards to take it. After demanding to be given it, the high priest...

Under the Mosaic Covenant it was forbidden to drink any blood. A sacrificer could not drink the offering's blood, nor a Levite, nor a Priest, nor the High Priest himself. The blood was sprinkled on the altar, and on people, and applied to their ears, thumbs and toes, but never did anyone drink...

This phrase has been used recently in a discussion offline on whether or not the biblical feasts need to be observed, from the side of the man who tried to argue passover should be kept today. This post will not contain any conclusions on the meaning of the term and it's proper interpretation -...

It seems to me that the biblical evidence against the institution of any "priesthood" is enormous. The very idea harkens back to the Old Covenant, in which time the people of God needed mediators to communicate with Him. We know from the book of Hebrews, however, that the Old Covenant has found...