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"Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the LORD?
To obey is better than sacrifice,
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and arrogance like the evil of idolatry...
-1 Samuel 15

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Old Testament

"Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the LORD?
To obey is better than sacrifice,
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,
he has rejected you as king."-1 Samuel 15


*see Bible

(Sal)

" 3 To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. ...-Proverbs 21

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English

The Blood Of The Lamb - Ministry Videos

"Posted By eagledlt about a month ago A poetry reading about Jesus sacrifice for us! "

Financial

Jesus TITHED on YOUR BEHALF - Today's Christian Videos dynamicministries

"Jesus sacrifice the perfect sacrifice"

Life

Sacrifice - Today's Christian Videos dapreachaswifey

"Will you be a sacrifice? What would you be willing to give up?"

Movies

-Passion of Christ

This Man - Today's Christian Videos

"The Passion of the Christ. God's Love For Mankind. Sacrifice"

Music

-Heavy Metal

STRIVE - Sacrifice - Today's Christian Videos strivemusic

Teachings

Once By The Blood, Again And Again By Water - Ministry Videos

*see GoodnewsEverybody.com: Sacrifices- Forfeit, Give-up, Oblation, Offering, Ritual, Surrender, etc...

GLOBAL-Multicultural

Human

  • Top 10 Bizarre Traditions, from listverse.com

    • 1 Tibetan Sky Burial
    "..Sky burial or ritual dissection was once a common practice in Tibet. A human corpse is cut into small pieces and placed on a mountaintop, exposing it to the elements and animals – especially to birds of prey. ...
    2 Self-Mummification
    "...Sokushinbutsu were Buddhist monks or priests who allegedly caused their own deaths in a way that resulted in their being mummified. This practice reportedly took place almost exclusively in northern Japan around the Yamagata Prefecture. Between 16 and 24 such mummifications have been discovered..
    3 Sati
    "..Sati was a Hindu funeral custom, now very rare and a serious criminal act in India, in which the dead man’s widow would throw herself on her husband’s funeral pyre in order to commit suicide. The act of sati was supposed to take place voluntarily, and from the existing accounts, most of them were indeed voluntary. The act may have been expected of widows in some communities...
    5 Human Sacrifice
    "... Human sacrifice is the act of killing a human being for the purposes of making an offering to a deity or other, normally supernatural, power. It was practiced in many ancient cultures. The practice has varied between different cultures, with some like the Mayans and Aztecs being notorious for their ritual killings, while others have looked down on the practice as primitive. Victims were ritually killed in a manner that was supposed to please or appease gods or spirits. Victims ranged from prisoners to infants to Vestal Virgins, who suffered such fates as burning, beheading and being buried alive.
    Over time human sacrifice has become less common around the world, and sacrifices are now very rare. Most religions condemn the practice and present-day laws generally treat it as a criminal matter. Nonetheless it is still occasionally seen today, especially in the least developed areas of the world where traditional beliefs persist..."

    ASIAN

    -China

    Human Sacrifice

    "Archaeologists make a macabre discovery. Fu Hao shared her grave with 16 people - all sacrificed at her burial."

    EUROPEAN

    -Irish

    Ancient Human Sacrifice

    "With the Romans closing in, desperate Druids offer the ultimate sacrifice to try to save themselves from annihilation."

    LATIN

    Aztecs - Religion And Sacrifice

    "A short program that includes information on the Aztecs. Mainly their religion and why they sacrificed themselves to the gods."
    *see GoodnewsEverybody.com Ministry: End Times, Prophecy, Prophetic, Rapture, Tribulation, etc...
    Aztec human sacrifice? , from youtube.com
    "Scientists examine skulls in order to determine whether they were they belonged to victims of human sacrifice. Taken from the documentary: "Tales of the living dead: Aztec Death" available at FirstScience.tv. Download in full from: http://firstscience.tv/aztec.htm...
    Apocalypto Sacrifice Scene

    "A clip from Mel Gibson's Apocalypto depicting a Maya Sacrificial ceremony. The video was embedded in a Google Earth presentation and was cited accordingly."

    -Peru->Chile

  • Pre-Columbian Sacrifices Nora Raggio Art History 193--Spring 2000 gallery.sjsu.edu

    • "..The powerful Inca empire was hierarchical in nature, with the Inca ruler considered to be a direct descendant of the sun god, Inti, who was in turn the son of the creator god Viracocha.
    The Inca sacrifices, excluding the sacrifices committed during war, were linked closely with religion, although the subtext was also one of the survival of the community and the maintenance of established political power. The Inca religion was based primarily on the worship of nature gods such as the sun, the moon, the rain, and the mountains--which dominated the landscape. Inca ritual included elaborate forms of divination and the sacrifice of humans and animals.
    Figure 2 shows the mummy of a young girl named "The Ice Maiden" or "Juanita", excavated in the mid 1990s by Johan Reinhard (PBS Nova, Peru). Based on the archaelogical evidence and on accounts of child sacrifices documented by the conquering Spaniards, Juanita was a young girl who was sacrificed in the name of Inca religion. She was found above 18,000 feet on the peak of Ampato, northwest of Cuzco, the capital of the Inca empire, preserved by ice, richly covered in textiles and accompanied by an abundant array of burial artefacts.
    To date, more than a hundred sacred Inca ceremonial sites have been excavated at an elevation of over 15,000 feet on several Andean peaks. Most of these have been found from central Chile to Southern Peru. ..

    Conclusion--Andean Sacrificial Practices
    The common thread to Andean cultures is the worship of nature, particularly that of mountains (as evidenced in Cerro Blanco, Tihuanaco, and the burial sites of child sacrifices at the peaks of mountains) and the sun, as identified with the Inca ruler-god.
    The worship of mountains is no surprise. The Andean cordillera is one of the highest mountain ranges in America, its peaks carry an austere and imposing beauty. The mountains provided the streams that watered the crops and the association with fertility is clear. The sinister side of mountains was erupting volcanoes and earthquakes. Having lived in California, I can well relate to the landscape being "angry" when it shakes so vigorously.
    The human sacrifices took place in Inca times apparently only for the most momentous occasions, such as famine, pestilence, earthquakes, the death of a ruler-god, or on a more "positive" side, the accession of a ruler.
    I find the insistence on child sacrifice hard to believe. Child sacrifice was performed in ancient Israel (Abraham and Isaac) and in Greece (Agamemnon and Iphigenia) although the practice then shifted to other types of sacrifices. It has been argued that putting the most beautiful, cherished children to death was the greatest sacrifice that could be offered by people. The logic is that if one sacrifices what is most dear, the benefits are the greatest ("no pain, no gain" is the vestige of this logic).
    It is said the Pizarro easily conquered the Incas because of the easy access provided by the Inca route and because of the disease

    MIDDLE EASTERN

    -Iran

  • Modern Day Human Sacrifice In Iran On August 23, 2010, In Human Rights, By M. Varn Chandola rightlegalhelp.net

    • "...Although I believed that the last vestiges of human sacrifice disappeared over a century ago, I recently discovered that it was still being practiced and legally recognized in “modern” day Iran where Sakineh Mohammedie Ashtiani was sentenced to die by an ancient ritualistic practice under the pretense of religion.
    Sakineh Mohammedie Ashtiani, a forty-three year old mother of two who was convicted of adultery by an Iranian court, was sentenced to death by stoning. Stoning is a recognized form of execution under Iran’s penal code which is based on Islamic Law. Considering that the Quran, unlike the Bible, does not mention stoning as a prescribed method of execution, the practice finds its legality under Iran’s debatable interpretation of Sharia law which is considered by Muslims to be God’s law. ...

    -Israel

    Blood Sacrifice - Today's Christian Videos

    "Posted By revterry1 9 months ago More videos from this user
    www.revelationministriesoutreach.org "

    Religious

    -Judaism

    Why did God command Abraham to sacrifice Isaac ? gotquestions.org from nofearinlove418

    Why did God tell Abraham to sacrifice Isaac?, rationalchristianity.net
    "Why then would God give this command? The point was for Abraham to demonstrate that he trusted God completely and placed him above all else, even his own son.1 Though God of course already knew that Abraham had faith in him, it was necessary for Abraham to prove it through action. "His faith was made complete by what he did" (James 2:21-23). Because of his actions, not only God but Abraham, his family and future generations knew that Abraham trusted God. This trust was important because it indicated that Abraham had the proper relationship with God (he was treating God as God deserves to be treated) and could benefit from God's good plans for his life.

    Wasn't it wrong for Abraham to obey God?

    God's command to Abraham was not wrong, for God has the right to take human life (see the article on God's moral authority) and therefore had the right to command Isaac's death. Abraham had known God for many years prior to this, so he knew God's character and knew that God had the right to give this command. Had Abraham initiated the sacrifice or followed the order of someone who was not authorized by God, then his act would have been wrong.

    Furthermore, Abraham knew that God had promised him offspring through Isaac, so this gave him reason to believe that God did not intend for Isaac to die permanently:

    By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned." Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death. (Hebrews 11:17-19) ...
    *see GoodnewsEverybody.com Life: Belief, Faith, Hope, Trust, etc....

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