Yes.iskander wrote:The first ever proto-orthodox Christianity was the temple in Jerusalem.
The Israelite was a sinner who confessed his sins in the temple ; an innocent perfect animal was burnt in his place . God showed his mercy by allowing this sinner to escape the divine retribution .God also showed his justice by the burning of the innocent animal. Mercy and justice were each justified.
The sacrifice was performed by a caste of priests who acted as intermediaries between God and the sinner. This proto-catholic ritual is associated with prayers, hymns and penitence in the manner of fasting.
The sacrificial ceremony needed to be protected and extended beyond the geography of the temple of Jerusalem.iskander wrote:From the video, The secret of the sacrifices, I extracted this slide which informs on the sacrificial process
Back in the first c. AD when they started Christianity, all the temple atonement vicarious sacrifice ritual stuff was still going on and it was the core of Judaism. Back then it was front and center of people's mentality when they wrote the gospels and this kind of philosophy made good sense.
1900 years or so later with no temple sacrifices in Judaism, and now the philosophy is not as obvious to everyone like it was to the 1st c. Jews.