Sentences with phrase «sacrificial rituals»
"Sacrificial rituals" refers to ceremonies or actions where offerings, often valuable items or even animals, are given up or destroyed as a symbolic act, usually to gain favor from a deity or to appease spiritual beings. Full definition
More than a thousand years ago ancient Maya went deep inside this cave to perform sacrificial rituals.
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The Vedic search for unity was combined in the Brahmanic period with a quest for the cosmic power associated with sacrificial ritual.
Thus man and the universe could be related and harmonized by the proper sacrificial ritual.
By letting us shed His blood, Jesus revealed that all such scapegoating sacrificial rituals have nothing whatsoever to do with God and originate instead within the hearts of mankind.
That sounds an awful lot like some ancient Pagan sacrificial rituals where worshippers pour the blood of bulls, goats, and lambs over their heads.
They view our songs and sermons about His blood in a way that is similar to how you or I might view a cultish sacrificial ritual deep in the woods on a dark night.
A 1,000 - year - old skull, above, offers evidence of subterranean sacrificial rituals.
The lintel alludes to bloodletting and sacrificial rituals as well as the demonstration and reinforcement of status and rank.
More than a thousand years ago ancient Maya went deep inside this cave to perform sacrificial rituals.
On the other hand, Paul prohibited Christians from actually participating in the sacrificial rituals of pagan worship.
Much of the Old Testament is filled with blood, whether it is the blood spilled in the sacrificial rituals of the Mosaic Law or the blood spilled during Canaanite Conquest and subsequent wars of Israel.
By letting us kill Him in such a violent and bloody way, Jesus unveiled the truth about humanity and the truth about sin, and in so doing, called us to abandon these scapegoating, sacrificial rituals in our own lives.
What Betts seems more interested in is whether these sacrificial rituals are arbitrary or, if not, what they truly represent.
In this retelling, the struggle for power is painted across a living Mesopotamian mural as players compete to fulfill the sacrificial rituals prescribed by heaven.