In English, the word ‘sacrifice’ tends to have quite a negative connotation of having to give up, or surrender, something we count valuable or dear to us.
The Bible is full of instructions for sacrifices made in David’s Tabernacle and, later, the Temple in Jerusalem. These sacrifices were ordered by God for a divine purpose.
In this day and age, it is difficult for us to fully grasp the divine purpose of these very detailed animal sacrifice rituals.
That is why we turn to the Hebrew language to truly understand the Hebrew scriptures.
The Hebrew word for ‘sacrifice’ is ‘Qorban’…קרבן
This word means…’COME CLOSE/DRAW NEAR’
How beautiful is that! YHVH Elohim, Creator of the Universe, wants us to come close to Him.
It’s not about a great weight of ceremonial ritual; it’s about getting things in place as a necessary preparation to be able to approach, and have intimacy with, a holy God, who wants to draw near to us but must have sin dealt with first.
Now we can ‘draw near’ to our Father God through the ultimate one-time sacrifice of the pure Lamb of God, Yeshua(Jesus). Hallelu Yah!
“Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world”
John 1:29