You keep horribly miss-representing my posts. I never suggested or even implied that Jesus was supposed to sacrifice animals for His Sin. I will try one more time to explain myself.
The point I made, was that
Jesus forgave sins as the Prophesied "Priest of God", but never by performing the "works of the Law"
required by the temporary Levitical Priesthood, that was "ADDED" after the golden Calf.
Lev. 4:
30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 31And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
Priesthood works, BTW, that were still being promoted by the mainstream religions of Paul's Time, the Pharisees, who didn't believe Moses concerning Him, to the Galatians and continued to exalt themselves as God's Priests, requiring that men, the Galatians in this case, come to them with their sacrifices to perform these Priesthood "works of the Law" for remission of sin.
The point is, God's Laws that define Righteousness, Holiness and Sin, are eternal. While the LAW "ADDED" after the Golden Calf, for remission of sins, that Paul is speaking to in Galatians was temporary, "ADDED"
Till the Seed should come. Added to Lead them to the True Lamb of God for remission of sins that are past.
At least this is what the Holy Scriptures teach.
You say:
“Jesus forgave sins as the prophesied Priest of God, but never by performing the ‘works of the Law’ required by the temporary Levitical Priesthood, that was ‘ADDED’ after the golden calf.”
Response:
You’re correct that Jesus did not perform Levitical rituals — but not because those laws were “added” later as a temporary system separate from God’s true Law.
Scripture says those sacrifices were
part of the Mosaic covenant itself given through Moses at Sinai, not “added after” the golden calf.
Exodus 24:6–8
“And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar... and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.”
That blood offering for sin happened
before the golden calf incident (Exodus 32).
So, animal sacrifice was not a reactionary “add-on” — it was an
integral part of the Law from the start.
Jesus didn’t need to perform those “works of the Law” because
He was the fulfillment of them.
Hebrews 10:11–12
“Every priest stands daily ministering and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.”
Christ
fulfilled those priestly functions once for all, not by rejecting them but by
completing their purpose.
You say:
“The Pharisees... continued to exalt themselves as God’s priests, requiring that men come to them with their sacrifices to perform these priesthood ‘works of the Law’ for remission of sin.”
Response:
The Pharisees were not Levitical priests.
They were
lay teachers and legal interpreters, not the ones offering sacrifices.
The priesthood was centered in the Temple, not in Pharisaic synagogues.
Jesus rebuked the Pharisees not for offering sacrifices but for
trusting in their own righteousness through outward law-keeping (Luke 18:9–14).
Paul’s rebuke in Galatians wasn’t against people offering sacrifices to priests — it was against those who were saying
circumcision and Mosaic observance were required for salvation (Galatians 2:16; 3:2–3; 5:1–4).
Galatians 2:16
“A man is not justified by works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ.”
So, the “works of the Law” in Galatians are not priestly rituals but
any human attempt to be justified before God by law-keeping.
You say:
“God’s Laws that define righteousness, holiness, and sin are eternal, while the Law ‘added’ after the Golden Calf for remission of sins was temporary — added till the Seed should come.”
Response:
Here’s the key misunderstanding:
Paul does say a law was “added,” but not because of the golden calf — rather, it was
added because of transgressions(Galatians 3:19).
Galatians 3:19
“Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made…”
The “law added” refers to the
entire Mosaic Law (including moral, civil, and ceremonial commands), given
430 years after Abraham (Galatians 3:17).
This timeline makes it clear the reference is to
Sinai, not to the golden calf.
That Law was added as a
temporary guardian — not to replace God’s eternal moral will, but to point sinners to Christ
Galatians 3:24–25
“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.”
The Law (in all its parts) served as a tutor — a shadow pointing to the reality (Hebrews 10:1).
Once the reality came, the shadow’s job was finished.
You say:
“Added to lead them to the True Lamb of God for remission of sins that are past.”
Response:
On this point you’re absolutely right — the Law
did point to the coming Lamb.
But Scripture goes further: once the Lamb came, the
entire system that pointed to Him was fulfilled and set aside.
Hebrews 7:18–19
“For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did.”
The Law could
reveal sin and
foreshadow redemption — but it could not
accomplish it.
Christ’s finished work replaced those shadows forever.
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