Darmog asks...
When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odour for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is my neighbours. They claim the odour is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
Dear Darmog,
There is no need for you to offer burnt sacrifices to the Lord. You are not under the commands of the Old Covenant. God takes no delight in a mechanical sacrifice offered from a false heart.
(See Isaiah 1:4,14-17, Amos 5:21-24)
What pleases the Lord is a clean heart, and the actions that emanate from it.
The sacrifices of the Old Covenant were only a shadow, pointing to the only sufficient sacrifice, done once and for all.
(See e.g. Hebrews 7:27, Hebrews 9:12.)
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