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I know the last blood sacrifice was the lamb of God but can you tell me when the last animal blood sacrifice was noted in the Bible?

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Dan

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Dan,
Good question! The Bible doesn't say specifically but we know that the second temple was destroyed on August 10th, 70 A.D. and after that, the Jewish people didn't have a way to make the necessary sacrifices. Flavius Josephus, a famous Jewish historian, was there and described the destruction of the temple in detail. So the last animal blood sacrifice in the Bible was during the time of Jesus but after that, the last temple sacrifice was on August 10th, 70 A.D. Keep in mind, people still did animal sacrifices on their own for certain sacrifices, but not in the temple.

I hope this helps and thanks for the excellent question!

Todd Tyszka

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My degrees and studies are mostly in Christian doctrine but I will answer questions having to do with almost any aspect of Christianity and The Bible.

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My experience consists of over 20 years as a Pastor, Youth Pastor, missionary, counselor, teacher, writer, Bible quizzer, and various other leadership positions. I've studied the Bible for over 20 years at 5 different schools/seminaries but I can explain things in simple terms anyone can understand and currently teach Sunday School to 1st-5th graders. I specialize in Christian apologetics (evidences for Christianity) and Polemics (debate denouncing false teachings), as well as understanding difficult verses, and topics such as heaven & hell, denominations/sects, false teachings/heresies/cults, the Holy Spirit, gifts of the Holy Spirit, spiritual warfare, apostolic reformation, emergent/emerging church, prosperity teaching, contradictions/discrepancies, charismatic studies, creation/evolution, Greek/Hebrew studies, end times, deliverance, the apocrypha/pseudepigrapha, etc. I daily answer questions on Global Media Outreach, AllExperts, YouTube, through email, and various personal websites where I have posted many Christian videos.

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Graduated from a private Christian High School, went to Nazarene Bible college and then Eastern Nazarene College (Boston) for Youth Ministry and Pastoral Studies/Christian Theology, transferred to Asbury College where I completed my degree in Christian Education and Missions, and most recently attending the Calvary Chapel Bible Institute.

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