Post 20 shows that the Passover שֶׂה (seh) – a young goat (usually) or lamb is killed and eaten as a celebration of freedom from slavery. A Passover שֶׂה (seh) was not always a lamb, it was normally a goat (why don't Christians ever refer to Jesus as the goat of G-d?), or a male lamb. Each family group to attain its seh on the 10th of the month of Nisan and keep it for four days, tied up inside the house.. The שֶׂה / seh was sacrificed on the day of 14th of Nisan. On that first Passover we put the animals’ blood onto the door-frames of our homes (on the inside), roasted the meat and ate it. Do you know if anyone ate Jesus (not just symbolic blood and bread at the last super -- but actually roasted and ate HIM)? All of this detail (ignored completely by the list maker making) makes the comparison of Jesus to the Paschal lamb) ridiculous Sh'mot / Exodus chapter 12. Speaking of the symboloic drinking of Jesus' blood -- Jews are FORBIDDEN from eating blood even of kosher animals. This prohibition is repeated in many places in the Torah, including Vayikra / Leviticus 17:10-11. Torah tells us that a proper sacrifice must be of a kosher, domestic animal (the animal is often identified as a bull, a seh (goat or lamb), etc (see Sh'mot / Exodus 13:13; Vayikra / Leviticus 22). Jesus, being a human (or even a demi-god) was obviously not a kosher animal and thus was unacceptable as a sacrifice. The blood of the שֶׂה (seh) was a sign -- it did not "save" let alone save the Jews from the wrath of the Egyptians. The Paschal animal was not an atonement offering -- it had nothing to do with "saving" the Jews -- either the physical lives or the souls. What kind of sign was the blood of the שֶׂה (seh)? The blood was on the inside of the doors, where the Jews were to be able to see the blood painted on the door-frames but the Egyptians were not to see it. The sign was for the Jewish people, not for the Egyptians. How do we know the blood was on the inside of the doors (and not the outside, where the Egyptians would see it)? The text! It clearly says the sign is for "you" -- for the Jews, and not for the Egyptians. As Rashi opined " [The blood will be] for you a sign but not a sign for others. From here, it is derived that they put the blood only on the inside. — [from Mechilta 11]." The sign meant that the Jews believed enough that G-d would free them that they risked being killed by the Egyptians who worshiped goats and sheep by keeping the animals close for four days, slaughtering them (which was obvious to the Egyptians), painting the animal's blood as a sign of their trust in G-d and then EATING the Egyptian gods. All of these actions (not just one little thing) was an act of defiance of their slave masters, and showed G-d that they trusted in Him, and Him alone. "The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are staying. I will see the blood and pass you by (pasach). There will not be any deadly plague among you when I strike Egypt." Sh'mot / Exodus 12:13. (For the first Passover the blood was put on the inside of the door frames, In subsequent years the blood was placed on the altar, just like the blood of other sacrifices ( Tosefta, Pesachim 8). Romans 5:8 does not speak of the blood (let alone the blood of the lamb) either. Yet again the list maker seems to be "reaching" to try to find as many "prophecies" about Jesus in the T"nach as possible -- even though there is zero connection. Romans 5:8 says "But G-d demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, (Jesus) died for us." See anything there about the blood of the lamb saving Roman wrath? Me either. Torah also says that the Passover sacrifice be a male-goat, be offered on an individual (per household) basis (Bamidbar / Numbers 28:22), not as a communal offering. According to the Christian Bible, Jesus’ death (termed a “sin sacrifice”) expiated the sins of mankind (Romans 6:10; Hebrews 9:12, 10:10, 10:18 ). In previous posts the חַטָּאת / cḥattat / sin sacrifice has been discussed. The חַטָּאת / cḥattat (accidental sins) and אָשָׁם / asham sacrifices were PRIVATE offerings brought by INDIVIDUALS, not “atonement” offerings on behalf of the entire nation. The חַטָּאת / cḥattat / sin sacrifice was only for mistakes -- when someone tried to do the right thing and "missed" -- thus if Jesus died for sin it would only have been for a "missing of the mark" -- an accidental mistake (and again, human sacrifices were forbidden, PERIOD). Also, no individual sacrifice could be brought for someone else or in advance. The type of offering was specified (female goat or lamb being the most common, but sometimes a bull, birds or flour) -- only domesticated (not wild) kosher animals were fit for sacrifice. Human sacrifices (Jesus anyone?) are totally forbidden by the Torah. Read Vayikra / Leviticus chapter 5 to learn about the אָשָׁם / asham (guilt / tresspass) qorbanot (sacrifices) and the very few things they covered: No one can die for the sins of another. Vayikra / Leviticus 18:21; you shall not give any of your offspring to pass through for Molech. And you shall not profane the Name of your G-d. I am the L-rd. Vayikra / Leviticus 24; if a man strikes down any human being he shall be put to death.. . . one who strikes a person shall be put to death. . . One law shall be exacted for you, convert and resident alike, for I am the L-rd, your G-d. Bamidbar / Numbers 35:33; "you shall not corrupt the land in which you live, for the blood corrupts the land, and the blood which is shed in the land cannot be atoned for except through the blood of the one who shed it." D'varim / Deuteronomy 24:16; Fathers shall not be put to death because of sons, nor shall sons be put to death because of fathers; each man shall be put to death for his own transgression. Melachim II / II Kings 14:6; it is written in the book of the Torah of Moses, which the L-rd commanded saying: "Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, nor shall sons be put to death for fathers, but each man shall be put to death for his own sin. See also D'varim / Deuteronomy 18:10; Yirmiyahu / Jeremiah 7:31, 19: 5; Ezekiel 23:37, 39). Romans 5:8 may say that Jesus died for sinners (totally unbiblical as shown) -- but it says nothing about lambs or blood. It does not "tie" at all to Sh'mot / Exodus 12:13. Number 21 on the list fails the comparison test.
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