OD SACRIFICE: SATANIC OR JEHOVIC?
Whether or not Satanists have inappropriately indulged in
ritual
killing in the past, it is a fact that blood-sacrifice is sanctioned by the
Judaeo-Christian god; it is a hangover from the primitive past, a part
of
both pagan and Judaeo-Christian religious heritages, but where is
there a
specific Satanic sanctioning for it?
Interesting observation, but not so fast about claiming the origin of Jewish sacrifice stems from the pagans. The concept of the sacrifice of the sun in fact was established in EDEN, when God said that Satan would "bruise him in the heel", meaning Satan would kill Jesus. Satan, in turn inspires mimicky and mockery of this sacrifice in the pagan culture. What the Jews do represents a direct reference to Christ being given in sacrifice for sins. It's very fundamental. Those animal sacrifices represent Christ and his blood being spilled which causes forgiveness of sins.
By the way, even the buring of the children, causing them to "pass through the fire" relates to Jehovah at the time of the rebellion in Eden raising the bar for his servants, that is, love and obedience to God became and absolute requirement, those not compliant would be killed. But Satan would claim this was a partial God and that those serving God would only do so out of convenience. God said that's not the case, those loving me would gladly die for me and to prove it I'll require them to die as well. So what essentially God did was put all his children, the angels and men "through the fire"; those not loving him enough to die for him failed. Those who loved him enough, survive the fire, and get resurrected. So the infanticide in fire represented the "purification" of these children as God purifies his children with fire by causing them all to die. Thus Satan tries to mock God, claiming he's cruel to kill all his children to make a point. Of course, in the end, all the good children are alive again and all the bad children remain dead!!! YIPPEEE! So, of course, Satan is silenced and upset that God came up with an easy, foolproof solution to get rid of Satan with no legal issues. That is, it's up to God to make everybody life as temporary as that of an animal if he wishes. Animals are born, grow up, have babies and grandbabies, get old and die. Why should it be any different for angels or mankind? That's God's legal right as the Creator. As long as he requires everybody to die, he's not being impartial. So technically, Satan isn't really being put to death for being the murderous bitch that she is, since everybody is put to death at some point, even God's favorite chief son, Jesus Christ/Michael the archangel. The penalty is paid by HOW LONG YOU'RE DEAD! You see, death is not that big of a deal with you come back. You can die in your sleep for 3 hours and never know it! That's the KEY. So sure the penalty for sin is death, but actually it's PERMANENT DEATH. What we are concerned with, thus, is not dying, but not being brought back, not being resurrected. That's where Gehenna comes in. There is no return from there.
Point being, there is an optional view that similarities in Jewish culture and lithargy are not always borrowed from pagans, but could be an adaptation of what was handed down to everyone at the time of Noah, and the concept of blood and sacrifice started in Eden, or as you say, with Cain and Able, so the Jews get their concepts from those original tenents, not the pagans, who simply have a parellel take on all this.
JC
