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Originally Posted by Diligent
Would believing animal sacrifice was what God wanted you to do, without actually doing them, be enough under Mosaic law?
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Of course not. Like you said, for example, Noah could have believed God's way of escape was to build the Ark, but believing it and doing it are two different things. He would have drowned in his unbelief. But, if Noah did not build the Ark, would he still have "...found grace in the eyes of the LORD"?
It's my understanding that in some cases the scripture has "eternal consequences" and in others, it has "physical consequences". Would the "grace in the eyes of the LORD" been abolished had he not, in faith, built the Ark?
I suppose in the case of sacrificial animals being offered every year, it was God's specific means of atonement for the people and to not believe Him resulted in eternal consequences. But faith in the word, God's provision, resulted in the "believers" making the annual trip to Jerusalem. Their faith resulted in action.
Speaking of that, I'm so grateful:
“For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin” (Hebrews 10:14–18).