old covenant

Continued from Chapter 11d Sacrificial blood loss Biblically, sacrificial death must be directly attributable to the loss of blood and this shed blood is essential for achieving atonement. When the sinner sees what happens to the animal he is moved to consider that were it not for God’s mercy he, himself, would suffer the punishment. The sin-offering is a dramatic enactment of the severest punishment and has the effect of making the sinner aware of how great his sin is. With this awareness,