Well, that's true, but by that logic you would have also refused to put the lamb's blood on your doorpost at Passover, or offer sacrifices at Yom Kippur, since those animals were all "created beings".

Salvation didn't come from them - it came through them.


Salvation in the Tanakh (physical redemption) does not have the same meaning as salvation in the NT. As for sacrifices and forgiveness/atonement, it was the act of obedience based on repentance along with the right attitude that caused one's sins to be atoned/forgiven. Not the animal.

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"He who saves one life... it is as if he saves an entire universe. He who destroys a life... it is as if he destroys an entire universe"

TALMUD - Sanhedrin 4:5

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