Which concluded blood sacrifice, human sacrifice permanently for adherents. The blood and body of Christ as sacraments of wine and bread also allude to this.

For the Christian community, animal sacrifices stopped with the death and resurrection of Christ. There were some who were persecuted or pressured by the Jewish community to continue to offer sacrifices either because they rejected Jesus or felt his death was not enough. The book of Hebrews actually deals with this and shows that the Old Testament sacrificial system (the Old Covenant) was temporary until the coming of Christ who was the fulfillment of all that the sacrificial system anticipated. Paul teaches us the same thing in passages like Colossians 2:16f. It was Paul who specifically pointed to Christ as our Passover who was sacrificed for us (see 1 Corinthians 5:7). In keeping with the Lord’s Supper, instituted just before His death, Jesus also celebrated what was actually the last legitimate Passover by which He also pointed to Himself as the sacrifice for our sin.

So Abraham was a treatise against human sacrifice, and the Lord gave the ultimate sacrifice which fully sealed the practice out of Christianity. When you hear Jesus died for your sins it’s implying that you don’t need to kill yourself, animals, or other humans to get salvation. The Lord picked up the check, paid the bill, and nobody else needs to try and “pay” in that way anymore.

Which concluded blood sacrifice, human sacrifice permanently for adherents. The blood and body of Christ as sacraments of wine and bread also allude to this.

For the Christian community, animal sacrifices stopped with the death and resurrection of Christ. There were some who were persecuted or pressured by the Jewish community to continue to offer sacrifices either because they rejected Jesus or felt his death was not enough. The book of Hebrews actually deals with this and shows that the Old Testament sacrificial system (the Old Covenant) was temporary until the coming of Christ who was the fulfillment of all that the sacrificial system anticipated. Paul teaches us the same thing in passages like Colossians 2:16f. It was Paul who specifically pointed to Christ as our Passover who was sacrificed for us (see 1 Corinthians 5:7). In keeping with the Lord’s Supper, instituted just before His death, Jesus also celebrated what was actually the last legitimate Passover by which He also pointed to Himself as the sacrifice for our sin.

So Abraham ended human sacrifice, and the Lord gave the ultimate sacrifice which fully sealed the practice out of Christianity. When you hear Jesus died for your sins it’s implying that you don’t need to kill yourself, animals, or other humans to get salvation. The Lord picked up the check, paid the bill, and nobody else needs to try and “pay” in that way anymore.