There are many different reasons one might offer sacrifice.
One reason is to keep a god from being angry at you. The thinking there is that if someone is mad at you, you offer something to appease him.
Another reason is to make a place or thing holy. The thinking there is that life is sacred, and the substance of life, blood, bears that sacredness. Therefore shedding blood to consecrate a place has nothing to do with God's anger.
What I cited is the strongest passage I know of in the New Testament that deals with Christ as a blood sacrifice. It deals not with God's anger but with consecration.
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Date: 2004-03-09 08:11 am (UTC)One reason is to keep a god from being angry at you. The thinking there is that if someone is mad at you, you offer something to appease him.
Another reason is to make a place or thing holy. The thinking there is that life is sacred, and the substance of life, blood, bears that sacredness. Therefore shedding blood to consecrate a place has nothing to do with God's anger.
What I cited is the strongest passage I know of in the New Testament that deals with Christ as a blood sacrifice. It deals not with God's anger but with consecration.