Who Wants?

"...but you shall seek the place where the Lord your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place and there you shall go. There you shall take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, your vowed offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks." Deuteronomy 12.5, 6

One is a place of sacrifice, and the other is the sacrifice.

Mount Calvary was the place God chose for the Purest Sacrifice: Jesus.

The patriarchs would build an altar of stones and make their offerings of sacrifice;

Moses built a portable tabernacle so that the children of Israel could give their offerings of sacrifice;

Solomon built the Temple so that the children of Israel could make their sacrificial offerings.

Sacrifices were not to be done anywhere the people pleased, but they were to seek the place where the LORD chose...

Israel has not offered sacrifices to the Lord because they do not have a Temple. Since then, Jews eagerly await the reconstruction of the Place of Sacrifice, so that they may return to this practice.

"Then the Lord appeared to Solomon by night and said to him: I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice," 2 Chronicles 7.12

As long as the Jews do not have a Temple, they cannot sacrifice, and without sacrifice there is no communion with God.

Why is there a need for sacrifice?

The Altar represents the Throne of the Almighty, and the sacrificial offering on the altar represents God's people.

Therefore, it is on the Altar that the communion between the Holy Trinity and His children takes place.

Jesus said: "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself (sacrifice), and take up his cross (sacrifice) and follow Me (sacrifice)," Matthew 16.24

Whoever wants to be saved must be the sacrifice, himself, and always be on the Altar.

Who wants to be the sacrifice?

From www.bishopmacedo.com