What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "Was bedeutet pescha, das hebräische Wort für Auflehnung und Sünde? Gab es ein Opfer dafür?"
Answer
The provided documents do not contain statements about the Hebrew word "pescha" and do not mention a specific sacrifice under this name. However, it is made clear that sacrifices for sins and transgressions were provided, such as the guilt offering, which always required full restitution for the wrongdoing committed. At the same time, it is emphasized that sacrificial acts without repentance, faith, and a willing obedience before God have no value, and rebellion brings about God's rejection.
The Guilt Offering and the Relationship Between Sacrifice and Obedience
»Restitution was always made to the one who had suffered the wrong. If someone had dealt unfaithfully with the holy things of the Lord, restitution was made to the priest as representative of the Lord. If he had wronged his fellow men and the affected party had died, it was made to his nearest relative, or if there was no relative, to the Lord. There was no power in the offering of the ram as a guilt offering unless restitution in full for the wrongdoing had been made. A special purpose of the guilt offering was to atone for unfaithful actions against God or man, and it always required restitution for the wrong in addition to the ram for the sacrifice.«
»To obey is better than sacrifice." The sacrificial acts were of no value in themselves before the eyes of God. They were intended to express repentance for sin and faith in Christ on the part of the one presenting them, and to pledge future obedience to God's law. But without repentance, faith, and an obedient heart, the sacrifices were worthless. "Rebellion is as the sin of divination, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry." Rebellion had begun with Satan, and every rebellion against God traces directly back to satanic influence.«
Original Sources (English)
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