Passed down from generation to generation to the Cross
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die.
The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and
the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
God requiring killing an animal was not a lasting sacrifice. That is why they did it each year.
Hosea 6:6 For
I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and
the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Matthew 12:7 But
if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice,
ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Isaiah 1:11
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and
I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Isaiah 66:3
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man;
he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen
their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their
abominations.
Jeremiah 7:5 For if ye throughly
amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and
shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
Isaiah 1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands,
I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers,
I will not hear:
your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and
your sins have hid his face from you, that
he will not hear.
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For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
Isaiah 59:6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works:
their works are works of iniquity, and
the act of violence is in their hands.
7 Their feet run to
evil, and they make haste to
shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of
iniquity; wasting and
destruction are in their paths.
Proverbs 6:16 These six things doth
the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and
hands that shed innocent blood,