In
Ezekiel, we read of many sacrifices being offered to God. In the New
Testament, it is emphasized that one Sacrifice is sufficient - “For
Christ died for sins once for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous to
bring you to God” (1 Peter 3:18). We are called to look to Christ for salvation. We are to trust in the Lord. This is the way of true prosperity (Proverbs 28:25).
It is the way of walking in wisdom, the way of enjoying salvation.
This way is contrasted with the way of trusting in oneself, the way of
the fool (Proverbs 28:26).
" ... Will you ... come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, We are safe" - safe to do all these detestable things? Has this house, which bears My Name become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord" (Jeremiah 7:8-11). “God demands a conversion of the mind and heart as the basis of peace and security (cf. Is 26:3), not the superstitious veneration of a stone building or a traditionally sacred site” ( R K Harrison , Jeremiah ).
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