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Originally posted by Ustwo
The 'lamb of god', much like a sacraficial animal.
You could argue it was god making the ultimate sacrafice for his people. WHY it was needed who knows, but then why 'god' likes burnt grain, animals, and the like I don't know either.
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We should remember that the Judaism of Jesus' time was very big into sacrifices as dictated by the Torah. Jesus intended his sacrifice to be a sort of ultimate sacrifice, to replace the need for any other sacrifices as a was of making good for your sins with God. In this way Jesus was the passover lamb for all eternity.
Its easy for christians to forget that their God is the same as the God of the Jews. Even theough they relate to God through a different covenent then Jews do, its the same God who apparently likes burnt dead animals. As to why he does, I find it best not to try to psycoanalyze God, he is, afterall, a hell of a lot smarter then me.