IN ANCIENT TIMES, ANIMALS WERE IMPORTANT TO OWN. THEY GAVE FOOD, TRANSPORT, CLOTHES AND MONEY. BECAUSE OF THEIR VALUE, SACRIFICING ONE OF YOUR ANIMALS WOULD BE A STRONG ACT. IT SHOWED THAT YOU VALUED WHAT YOU SACRIFICED FOR, OVER ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE THINGS YOU COULD OWN. THIS ACT WAS A POWERFUL WAY TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE SORRY FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. THAT YOU VALUED FORGIVNESS OVER THE ANIMAL. BUT THE THING THAT MADE A SACRIFICE LIKE THIS SO STRONG IS THAT THE ANIMAL COULD NEVER COME BACK. IT WAS GONE FOREVER. YOU MADE THE HARD DECISION TO KILL IT, KNOWING THAT THE ANIMAL WOULD NEVER COME BACK TO LIFE. BUT IN THE CASE OF JESUS'S SACRIFCE, HE WASN'T ACTUALLY GONE, WAS HE? HE WAS RESSURECTED. HE WALKED ON EARTH FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER BEFORE RETURNING TO HEAVEN, PROFECIED TO ONE DAY RETURN TO EARTH AGAIN. BUT IN THE BIBLE, HEAVEN IS DESCRIBED AS SOMETHING FAR BETTER THAN EARTH. ENDLESS HAPPINESS, NOT COMPARABLE TO THE LIFE ON EARTH. SO WOULDN'T DYING AND GOING TO HEAVEN BE MORE OF AN UPGRADE THAN A SACRIFICE? JESUS ALSO MADE THE DECISION TO DIE HIMSELF, NO ONE CLOSE TO HIM HAD TO MAKE THE HARD DECISION FOR HIM LIKE WITH ANIMALS. WHAT'S THE MEANING OF A SACRIFICE WHERE THE SACRIFICE JUST COMES BACK TO LIFE AGAIN AND EVEN GETS A LIFE WITH ENDLESS HAPPINESS BETTER THAN THE LIFE ON EARTH, WHILE MAKING THE DECISION TO SACRIFICE THEMSELVES BY THEMSELVES? IS THAT ACT REALLY AS STRONG OF A SACRIFICE AS ANIMAL SACRIFICES?
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