Grant R. Jeffrey writes some interesting comments on this:
Grant Jeffrey: "The Sacrificial System Will Continue
One of the most perplexing ideas to students of Scripture is the idea that God intends that the annual feasts, along with animal sacrifice, will continue into the Millennium. Many Christians who have studied the prophetic portions of Zechariah 14, Isaiah 66, and Ezekiel 40 - 48, which clearly describe these Millennial worship ordinations, are confused by the idea. They ask, "Didn't the sacrifice of Christ eliminate animal sacrifices forever?"
............"Only the complete sacrifice of Jesus could ever totally atone for our sins. However, God clearly demanded the sacrifices from Adam to Christ. Those sacrifices were acts of obedience to the direct command of God, as well as acknowledgements of one's own personal sinfulness and need for God's forgiveness. Animal sacrifices covered the sins of the people temporarily until the prophesied Messiah would come and offer Himself once and for all as the necessary atonement for sin.
Grant R. Jeffrey: "If animal sacrifice can never atone for sin, why would God allow Israel to resume such sacrifice in the Third Temple, prior to Armageddon, and then demand that Israel continue such sacrifice in the Millennium? There are two reasons why I believe this is true."
First, the early Jewish - Christian Church continued to offer sacrifices in the first century.".......
.......Second, New Testament writers used the legal sacrificial system to illustrate very important points concerning Christ's sacrifice on the Cross.......
..... These examples of the way early Jewish believers used God's law to teach great love when He sacrificed His only Son on the cross will be repeated during the Millennium." (Grant R. Jeffrey, Messiah, War in the Middle East and the Road to Armageddon, page 317, 318 and 319)
[url=/profile/7762]Amy Berger[/url] said:
Indeed that is quite a conundrum! I'm not sure that I comprehend the explanation. So am I understanding that Jesus, in His role as High Priest and also King in Jerusalem, will somehow perform animal sacrifice in the Temple?
I don't know the answer to that either but I guess He did do that previously in Genesis chapter three when he gave Adam and Eve leather garments.
