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He asked that the cup would pass from only if it was God's will. He also ended his prayer by asking that God's will, not his, be done.
When he as arrested he refused to allow angels to rescue him because to do so would be to God against his fathers will.
Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?”
-Matthew 26:53-54 ESV
These sacrifices didn't actually take away sins. They were prophecies of what Jesus would do.
Originally posted by sk0rpi0n
These sacrifices didn't actually take away sins. They were prophecies of what Jesus would do.
The sacrifices were not a prophecy of anything... they were just a part of the Israelites religious practice.
Here is one of the commands about offering the Passover lamb.
It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones.
-Exodus 12:46
The killing took place in the court of the Temple at Jerusalem, and might be performed by a layman, although the blood had to be caught by a priest, and rows of priests with gold or silver cups in their hands stood in line from the Temple court to the altar, where the blood was sprinkled. These cups were rounded on the bottom, so that they could not be set down; for in that case the blood might coagulate. The priest who caught the blood as it dropped from the victim then handed the cup to the priest next to him, receiving from him an empty one, and the full cup was passed along the line until it reached the last priest, who sprinkled its contents on the altar. The lamb was then hung upon special hooks or sticks and skinned; but if the eve of the Passover fell on a Sabbath, the skin was removed down to the breast only. The abdomen was then cut open, and the fatty portions intended for the altar were taken out, placed in a vessel, salted, and offered by the priest on the altar, while the remaining entrails likewise were taken out and cleansed
For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.”
-John 19:32-36
However, Christian theologians fabricate a connection between Jesus sin sacrifice and the Old testament sacrifices of the "unblemished animal". Jesus is seen as the perfect sacrifice.... despite the fact that the bible does NOT condone human sacrifice.
Uh, we don't fabricate anything. John the Baptist is the one who claimed he'd take away the sins of the world. It's called symbolism. You'll never get the real message if you can't look deeper into what happened. We know our shepherd and we hear his voice.