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The Sacrifices.
Why are there offerings or sacrifices in the kingdom? The millennial
sacrifices and the sacrifices required by Moses are the same.
There are no differences in the sacrifices. Why? The answer
is that the sacrifices will be a memorial which will remind
us of Jesus' death. Today Christians take the Lord's Supper
or communion as a reminder of Jesus' death and return to life.
Jesus has already died, but we "do this in remembrance
of Me.” (1 Cor. 11:24). The millennial sacrifices do
the same thing.
Conclusion:
The idea of a temple and sacrifices is common in the Bible.
In the Old Testament there were sacrifices. In the New Testament
the Mosaic Law disappeared (Heb. 8-9), but Christians became
the temple of God (2 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 2:21). In the Tribulation
period there will be a temple in Israel (2 Thess. 2:4). In
Revelation we discover a surprising fact. There is a temple
in heaven today (Rev. 7:15; 11:19; 14:17; 15:5-8; 16:1, 17).
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And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened;
and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple
. . ." (NASB) Rev. 11:19
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This agrees with Hebrews 9:23 which implies that there is a
temple in heaven, and God plans to have a temple along with
memorial sacrifices in the kingdom. The sacrifices do not
forgive sins. They never have. They only looked forward to
Jesus' death. In the kingdom they will look back to Jesus
just as the Lord's Supper does today.
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