Animal Sacrifices, Part One Of Chapter One Of Blood Atonement by Ogden Kraut

Blood, in the scriptures, is ascribed with a sacredness which belongs to life itself. It is, therefore, the essence, or the life of the body. When blood is shed, it often represents the sacrifice of life. Blood has also become a mystical part of many religious ordinances among Hebrew, Christian, and some Pagan religions. Because sacrificial blood has been incorporated into both sacred and vile practices of men’s religion, it is necessary to understand the reasons why men have used blood atonement as a part of their articles of faith. By searching into the pages of ancient scriptures, and in the light of contemporary religion, the reason, purpose and scope of blood atonement become more clear and understandable. Christians must first come to a realization that man’s salvation was established before the creation of this earth. It was then that the fall of man and his eternal redemption, was predicated upon the principle of atonement, by the shedding of blood. The life, death and the shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ was planned before He was born. It was `…the precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and without spot; who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world’ (I Peter 1:19-20) that caused Christ to be called the `Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.’ (Rev. 13;8)