Admittedly, this is a nasty and disgusting subject that, justifiably, should make a decent person’s stomach turn, but it’s in the Bible, was part of the heathen culture around ancient Israel, and, more importantly, IT IS PART OF THE HEATHEN CULTURE AROUND US TODAY! Many innocents are being victimized by evil people in high and low positions of power in our society today. Yeshua said that the devil comes to kill, steal and destroy. This is not just figurative language. It is literally happening in your neighborhood, city, state, region and country as I’m writing this. So please read on…inform yourself, so you can be part of the solution. Make no mistake, the preaching of the gospel is the best defense and offense against these horrific activities.
Leviticus 17:1–14, Exploring the concepts of sacrifice, blood letting and eating blood.
The sacrificing of animals as an act of worship or for any reason is a foreign concept in our modern, secularized society, but this was not the case in the ancient biblical world. Concomitant with sacrifices is the idea of freewill offerings,which, in the ancient world, were often made together as an act of worship to various deities.
With regard to sacrifices, man’s first act of worship outside the Garden of Eden was to make offerings and sacrifice to Elohim (Gen 4:1–4). Making a sacrifice to Elohim was also Noah’s first act of worship after the flood (Gen 8:20). The same is true of Abraham upon receiving the covenant from Elohim (Gen 12:6). At key points in his spiritual journey, Abraham repeated this same act of worship (Gen 12:8; 13:3, 18). The same is true of the Israelites who after having received the Torah at Sinai made a sacrifice to Elohim as they entered into a covenantal agreement with him (Exod 24:4). Subsequently, YHVH instructed the Israelites to establish an entire sacrificial system as a means to be reconciled to him. Similarly, animal sacrifices and offerings being made to various deities was an important aspect of the heathen cultures of the biblical world. Even in the first century, the Greeks were still sacrificing animals in their pagan temples to their gods and goddesses (1 Cor 8:1–13; 10:20) as were the Jews prior to the destruction of their temple in A.D. 70 (Acts 21:24 cp. Num 6:13–21).
So, in the mind of the ancients, what was the purpose of sacrifice? The ritual killing and offering of an animal was part of a religious ritual either to appease or to gain the favor of a deity.
With this concept in mind, several points should be noted. Man’s rebellion and sin against Elohim in the Garden of Eden caused man to be cut off from his Creator and incur his judgment against man’s sin. The Garden of Eden and the fall of man event is part of the mythos of many ancient civilizations (e.g. Mesopotamian, Summerian, Greek, Indians, Moslem and apparently the Babylonians, Chaldeans, Persians, Egyptians, Assyrians, Ethiopians, Mexicans and Chinese as well), and thus this idea of man’s separation from deity because of his sin informed the ancients of their need to be reconciled to deity.
However, it stands to reason that as men moved further down history’s timeline and away from the fall of man in Garden of Eden and thus man’s need for an atoning blood sacrifice, the pure worship of Elohim through sacrifice became at the same time blurry in men’s minds and corrupted by demonic incursions and influences (e.g. Gen 6:2–5) and by manmade traditions. As a result, men began to worship counterfeit deities of their own concoction that ran cross grain to or were outright antithetical to the strictures of YHVH Elohim with regard to offering and sacrifices. Instead of men making sacrifices and offerings to be reconciled to Elohim because of sin, the heathens made sacrifices to appease the anger of the false gods and, at the same time, to curry their favor (for fortune, fame, spiritual power and long life). Over time, man’s sin and his need to be reconciled to the Creator was no longer the focal point of the sacrifice or offering. The Israelites, under YHVH’s guidance, on the other hand, kept in view the true purpose of sacrifice: It was for the purpose of atonement for sin in order to reconcile sinful and fallen man to his Creator as Leviticus 17:11 states.
As the biblical narrative reveals, the ancient Israelites were all too easily swayed by the heathen, Canaanite, Baal-worshipping cultures around them whose gods had moral stringencies much less demanding than those of Elohim, and who instead of forbidding sinful acts not only tolerated but often promoted them, even incorporating them into their cult rituals (e.g. ritual temple prostitution and other forms of sexual deviance including homosexuality). This is why YHVH’s Torah included strict commands against Israel’s fraternizing in any way with the neighboring Canaanites or adopting any of their religious rituals—especially those involving blood and sacrifice, since the Creator originally designed these rituals only for worship, atonement and reconciliation purposes. With this historical backdrop in view, it is easier to see why YHVH was so adamant that the Israelites adhere to his strict protocols with regard to making animal sacrifices, while at the same time he prohibited them from following the heathen’s perverted versions of these rituals—rituals that had devolved into outright demon worship (Lev 17:7).
So this begs a question. Despite the technical advancements and secularization of our modern society, human nature hasn’t changed from ancient times until now. Although modern man no longer offers animal sacrifices for the purpose of appeasing or garnering favor with some invisible deity, what practices do modern men engage in instead to achieve the same benefits (e.g. assuaging of guilt brought on by sin, seeking the favor of some ideological deity, seeking fame, fortune, long life or power) as the ancients did when sacrificing to their demon deities?
One example of an improper sacrifice would be human sacrifice, which the Bible strongly forbids (Lev 18:21). A modern version of child sacrifice would be abortion. Human sacrifice, especially that of a newborn or young (innocent) child, in ancient times and among modern devil worshippers (or to put it in biblical terms, Baal worshipers), was/is believed to spiritually empower those preforming the sacrifice. Similarly, the practice of abortion—the killing of an innocent child—supposedly empowers the practitioner with the misguided promise of eliminating the affects (and guilt) of an unwanted pregnancy and the financial and lifestyle burdens and encumbrances resulting therefrom. Therefore, abortion holds out the promise of financial prosperity (i.e. not having to pay the high cost of raising a child) and freedom (from the responsibility of rasing a child) all the while giving people the freedom of unlimited sex without the consequences of unwanted children.
This chapter in Leviticus also forbids the improper shedding of blood and the drinking of blood.
Today, some Satanists or modern Baal worshipers believe that the drinking of human or animal blood promotes longevity of life, imbues the drinker with supernatural energy and power, and brings him to a higher spiritual plane, since the blood carries the life energy. They believe that a living body (human or animal) is a storehouse of energy and that by drinking the blood from something or someone that has just been killed, energy transference occurs from the victim to the recipient. It is believed that the healthier, the younger and the purer the victim, the more energy the victim possesses and the more potential for attaining a higher level of power for the blood drinker. A young, healthy virgin is preferred, since their energy hasn’t been dissipated yet. Drinking blood is a form of spiritual vampirism—parasitizing the life out of one person or animal for the benefit of another person. Sex magic and pedophilia go hand-in-hand with the practice of blood drinking. The belief among these occult practitioners is that the moment sexual energy is released (at sexual orgasm), blood should be let (called blood-letting) and drunk, since, at that moment, it contains the highest energy potential (called adrenalized blood). Sexually abusing and then sacrificing children in this manner is supposed to bring maximum benefits to the host as they siphon off and then consume the child’s pure essence, soul energy and life force for their own benefit.
To wit, U.S. scientists have reported that infusing young blood (called vampire therapy) improves health. This practice reportedly can repair muscle tissue, the liver and can firm up sagging facial and breast tissue according the Daily Mail online news source in an article dated Nov, 22, 2016 (www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3961264/Dracula-right-infusing-young-blood-improves-health-WON-T-make-younger.html#ixzz4Qg9daH95).
When it is not possible to perform human or animal sacrifices, satanic practitioners will work themselves into a frenzy and then cut themselves until the blood flows in order to summon demonic powers. This is what the prophets of Baal did in the showdown on Mount Carmel with Elijah the prophet (1 Kgs 18:25–28). Verse 28 records that cutting themselves “was their custom.” This means that cutting themselves was a ritual they habitually practiced to summon demonic power. The Bible provides another example of this practice in Mark 5:5 where the Gadarene demoniac would cut himself with stones presumably to excite demonic activity in himself. Interestingly, the Torah forbids the heathen practice of cutting the flesh to conjure up demons or the spirits of the dead (Lev 21:5–6; Deut 14:1). All these practices involved the letting of blood whether through sacrifice, drinking blood or cutting oneself.
Akin to cutting oneself is the making of tatoos, which the Torah also forbids, while at the same time juxtaposing this practice with the cutting one’s flesh for the dead (Lev 19:28).
Ancient tatooing procedures involved cutting the skin with a sharp object and then rubbing soot into the wound marks. Modern tatooing with a needle or tatoo machine still punctures the skin causing small amounts of bleeding from each puncture wound. YHVH forbids both tatooing and cutting the flesh in the same verse, which is evidence that YHVH links these two practices and views them as a heathen, occult ritual. Self mutilation in any form is a blood ritual and is a heathen practice and often is associated with conjuring up demons (e.g. 1 Kgs 18:28).
Moreover, the letting of blood is an important aspect of the so-called Satanic black mass because it is believed that the shedding of blood unleashes great spiritual power for the benefit those living. Although there is no standardized black mass ritual, one concept of this satanic practice is to mock the Roman Catholic mass by corrupting or inverting its symbolisms. The Catholic mass has as its focal point the concept of transubstantiation. This is the idea that the when one eats of the communion sacraments of the bread and wine they turn into the literal blood and body of Yeshua thus empowering the recipient spiritually. For some practitioners of the black mass, the Catholic mass is mocked by drinking actual human or animal blood and eating the flesh of a sacrificed animal or human purportedly for the purpose of gaining supernatural spiritual power energy.
The shedding, drinking, desecrating of human blood or even cannibalism is a Satanic concept that goes back to the worship Baal. In the Bible, there are indications that the Baal-worshiping Canaanites known as the anakim, who were giants and descendants of the fallen angel nephilim, were actually cannibals. For example, we read in Num 13:32–33 that the land of these people “devours [lit. eats] its inhabitants.” Whether this is meant literally or figuratively, it is hard to say, but the ancient Book of 1 Enoch informs us that the nephilim were human flesh eating and blood drinking cannibals (1 Enoch 7:13–14; Laurence edit.; The Genesis 6 Conspiracy, p. 92, by Gary Wayne). Moreover, the Bible reveals that Satan who is the first liar and murderer (John 8:44) hates humans and wants to destroy them (John 10:10; 1 Pet 5:8). Satan’s human servants similarly are waging a war to control the world for Satan and them rule. To accomplish their goals, they must control people if not shed the blood of as many people as possible—especially Bible believers (read the Koran and what its verdict is for “the people of the book”; i.e. Jews and Christians) in homage to their Satanic masters. The difference between Satan and Yeshua is that the former wants his servants to shed their blood and that of other humans for him and even die for him, while Yeshua, on the other hand, died shedding his blood for his servants that they might have their sins forgiven and experience eternal life! This is fact about salvific and atoning nature of Yeshua’s shed blood is the essence the gospel message. Satan and his evil servants have literally the glorious gospel message on its head by twisting its truths into horrific, repulsive and murderous rituals.
Another truth is revealed in Leviticus 17 that goes hand-in-hand with sacrifice and the shedding of blood. The Torah specifies that when the Israelites ate food, it was a holy occasion accompanied by prayer and thanksgiving and acknowledgement of the Creator from whence it came. Moreover, only certain meat could be eaten. To eat forbidden meats not only made a person unholy and un-God-like, but was considered to be an abominable act (see Lev 11). Therefore, eating the right kind of meat in the prescribed manner was an act of worship of Elohim, and not to follow YHVH’s protocols with regard to disposing properly of an animal’s blood after slaughtering it, or even slaughtering it in the right place, was considered an act of defiance against Elohim and opened one up to the influences of idolatry leading to the worship of demons as this chapter suggests (Lev 17:7). Such an act could arouse Elohim’s anger and cause one to be cut off from Israel. Indeed, in our day, sharing a meal with others is an intimate and communal affair and can result in the forming of close and binding relationships. Thus, YHVH gave his people strict guidelines about food, thus greatly limiting with whom and how they could eat a meal and what they could eat.
All of these restrictions (i.e. properly sacrificing animals and disposing of blood, respecting blood, and not mutilating oneself) if adhered to would have naturally been a limiting factor regarding the Israelites’ involvement with the heathen in that it would keep them separated from their heathen neighbors who didn’t adhere to YHVH’s Torah guidelines. These laws when practiced acted as a fence protecting the Israelites from falling into apostasy, idolatry and outright demon worship. Similarly, when YHVH’s saints practice his Torah laws which are still applicable to them today, they will act as a protective barrier from being negatively influenced by their heathen neighbors and eventually assimilating with them and falling into apostasy.
One of my manicurist is a Jewish woman who never trims (cuts) away dry, dead cuticles. I’ve never asked her if her basis is biblical and I’ve wondered if I should refrain from this when I do my own manicures; would appreciate your thoughts on this. I’ve never asked her why since she’s a diabetes specialist manicurist recommended by my diabetic sister. Shalom & thanks.
I can think of no implicit or explicit Torah laws that would forbid the cutting away of dead cuticle skin. What’s the difference between cutting that away and cutting nails or hair or whiskers? No blood is being drawn. There may be some Jewish extra-biblical rabbinic, oral tradition law that forbids this, but the Bible itself doesn’t forbid this.
just reading…I am a Trained Nurse by profession…if diabetic…one is @ more risk of infection if the skin is cut & it bleeds…& hence more susceptible to infection that could set up..hope that explains.
Thanks for chiming in. That makes sense from a medical perspective.
Thank you both. And Shabbat Shalom.
I’m not sure what to think about the book of Enoch. I have read parts and some of it seems to be wacky like the description of Noah as a child with white hair and eyes like fire which seems like the description of Yeshua in Revelation.
If things produce after their own kind, could fallen angels actually have viable offspring with human women? I’m curious for input about this topic as I am confused about it.
I suggest that you get and read Dr. Michael Heiser’s book, “Reversing Hermon.” The Book of 1 Enoch is not inspired and has a lot of problems, but in the areas where it is corroborated by Scripture, and where numerous biblical authors allude to it, including Yeshua and some of the apostolic writers, it is worthy of our attention. Heiser discusses this in a most scholarly way. This helped me to rethink my view on this book.
Thank you for the information. I have been going back and forth about these extra-biblical books for a while now. I will find Dr. Heiser’s book. Blessings to you and yours.
To be sure, it is extra-biblical just like the book of Maccabees, but it contains important historical information. But like everything, one has to separate the wheat from the chaff. The clincher for me is how many times it is either directly quoted from or alluded to by biblical authors. This cannot be denied, and Heiser chronicles this. The scenarios 1 Enoch puts forth were part of normative second temple Jewish worldview and theology. By now, most of us reading this blog have learned that just because something doesn’t fit 21st century church theological worldview doesn’t mean it isn’t true biblically. The same could be said with 1 Enoch.
I was as skeptical as anyone about 1 Enoch before looking into it with the help of some expert scholars like Heiser. After reading what he had to say, along with a few others, my opinion changed. At the same time, this doesn’t mean that I’ve become so open-minded, so to speak, that I accept any and everything. It still has to line up with the basis for all truth——i.e.,the written Word of Elohim.
Having said all this, I’m not one to go off and make the Enochian narrative and similar exotic themes the main point of my message, as do some ministries. The apostolic gospel message is still, by far, my main focus as one can tell by reading this blog.
I was asked to give my blood by a person that I barley know. He said its for making a cookie. Do you think he could get power over me? He’s very spiritual, but maybe its his mask. What could he do? I’m not planning to do it, I’m just very suspicious, I do’nt think this he’s telling me the truth.
By all means, have nothing to do with this! This is evil! Flee it and rebuke this evil spirit in the name of Yeshua the Messiah. Not only is this cannibalism, but it is a way for satanists to gain power, as I mention in my article.
My thoughts are about the book of Enoch. There is a passage in there that lists angels names. One of the so-called angels was put in charge of our Salvation (according to the text). To me, as I understand it, debunks the book of Enoch, because from my understanding Yeshua is in charge of our salvation, and not some angel.
To that end, I am interested in the Midrashic texts that mention Pharoah and his consumption of blood to fight illness, where it is alluded to that Jewish people enslaved in Egypt were the victims of this practice.
There is a saying, “Eat the fish and spit out the bones.” There is another saying, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.” We have to practice the wisdom of these sayings everyday, don’t we, as we go through life as we evaluate things we read and hear. This is because almost everything out there is a mixture of truth and error (from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil). The same is true with the non-inspired, thus non-biblical/canonical Book of 1 Enoch (the Ethiopian version). First Enoch apparently had enough good information in it for the biblical writers (including Yeshua) to either quote it directly, or to reference it indirectly, or to quote information contained therein. Thus said, accept the truths in it and reject the errors. This is called judging righteous judgment and exercising discernment.