The Offering

Reading: Leviticus 4:32-35
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%204:32-35&version=NIV

In this time, they gave animals as sacrifices. In this case it was a lamb. Why did God was them to sacrifice a lamb for their sins? Think Jesus, Lamb of God. I think that is enough to answer the question. Jesus died so that we could be forgiven. The lambs were sacrificed to be forgiven before Jesus came. When we sin, we are requiered to ask for forgiveness. We don't have to sacrifice an animal, becuase we are already forgiven. In a sense, Jesus is the sacrifice of God. Not that he sinned, but God gave up His Lamb so that we could be forgiven. Thats why Jesus is called Lamb of God. Today, asking for forgivenss is much simpler than taking a lamb and killing it and burning it. All you have to do is talk to God.