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Originally Posted by Backwoods Presbyterian If one understands the context of Psalm 150 then it is not a problem. Much like one reads the Levitical law concerning sacrifice and the dismemberment of the bull. | Huh? | God has told us to sing psalms. That includes Psalm 66 which states I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. Are you going to start doing that or are you going to sing with understanding? |
God in His sovereignty has made sacrifices impossible since the destruction of the temple in 70 A.D. If the temple were still standing, I would have no problem whatsoever with offering thank offerings and the like, but not offerings of atonement. In our current culture, the equivalent of the burnt offerings--making and keeping vows--is certainly appropriate in relationship to God. It seems rather arbitrary to just throw out any meaning that doesn't agree with one's theological bias rather than asking how the original meaning works out in the current age and culture.