Why were pagan animal sacrifices a counterfeit of God's sacrificial system?
Pagan animal sacrifices were a satanic counterfeit because Satan always establishes a counterfeit of what God had established as the right way. The pagans copied Israel’s sacrificial practices, including offering animals and distributing the meat, since Israel’s priests ate first and could designate leftover meat to the sacrificer.
Les teaches that when pagans set up their animal sacrifices, it was a satanic counterfeit of what God had established as the right way, because Satan always establishes a counterfeit. The pagans offered animal sacrifices, and the meat from the temple was taken to the marketplace or given to the individual who brought the sacrifice. They really copied Israel, because Israel did the same thing. In Israel, a sacrificial animal was brought to the priests, and the priests could eat first of the leftover meat. If there was more than the priests could handle, they could evidently designate it to the individual, perhaps the person who brought the sacrifice.
Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?