People need worship and blood sacrifice because God made them with a knowledge of their Creator and, after the Fall, required blood sacrifice with faith as the only way back into relationship with Him.
In the garden, God killed animals to clothe Adam and Eve, restoring them through the blood-bought way. Les Feldick stresses that Hebrews says without the shedding of blood there is no remission, and Hebrews 11 says without faith it is impossible to please God. Even after the Flood, when Noah's family had a knowledge of God, their descendants quickly turned to pagan worship at Babel, showing both the knowledge and the human tendency to suppress it.
Genesis 3:21 — God's first covering for sin involved the death of animals, establishing blood sacrifice as the way back to Him.
Hebrews 9:22 — Scripture states plainly that no remission is possible without the shedding of blood.
Genesis 4:4-5 — Abel's blood offering was accepted, while Cain's bloodless offering was rejected, showing the necessity of blood.
After Adam and Eve sinned, the LORD God made them coats of skins and clothed them (Genesis 3:21), showing that an animal had to die to cover them. Hebrews 9:22 states, "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission." In Genesis 4, Abel brought the firstlings of his flock — a blood sacrifice — and God had respect to him and his offering, while Cain's fruit-of-the-ground offering was rejected. Hebrews 11:6 adds, "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is..." Thus Scripture presents blood sacrifice as the God-ordained means of atonement and fellowship.
Les teaches that after the Fall, God immediately restored Adam and Eve into relationship with Himself through the blood-bought way, killing animals for their clothing — not merely for physical clothing, but as a spiritual phenomenon. The two absolutes are blood and faith: "Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission" and "without faith it is impossible to please God." He explains that God instructed Adam's family how to approach Him, making clear that a blood sacrifice accompanied with faith was required. Abel obeyed and was accepted; Cain brought a bloodless self-will offering and was rejected — even though God pointed Cain to a lamb He had already provided. Les also observes that after the Flood, Noah and his family came out knowing God, yet within about two hundred years their descendants were at the Tower of Babel ready to embrace pagan worship. He concludes that people still rationalize today, deceiving themselves into thinking God will accept them without the blood, but the human race hasn't changed one iota.
In the garden, after Adam and Eve sinned, God killed animals and used their skins for clothing. Les says this was a spiritual restoration of Adam and Eve back into relationship with their Creator, and it had to be the blood-bought way — the only way God can receive lost persons is by the shedding of blood. Hebrews states, "Without the shedding of blood there is no remission," and faith is also required: "Without faith it is impossible to please God." God provided the blood sacrifice, yet Adam and Eve had to believe what He said.
Abel brought a blood sacrifice as God instructed and was accepted; Cain brought a bloodless sacrifice of self-will and was rejected. Les says God had instructed Adam's family how to approach Him: a blood sacrifice accompanied with faith. When God told Cain He had already provided a lamb waiting at the tent door, Cain still refused. This shows that faith means taking God at His Word and obeying His prescribed way.
Les notes that before the Flood there was no idolatry or organized religion; man simply went corrupt for lack of anything to control his thinking. After the Flood, eight people — Noah's family — came out with a knowledge of God. Yet within about 200 years, a generation or two, their expanding descendants gathered around the Tower of Babel ready to embrace pagan worship. This shows that although people know there is a Creator, they quickly exchange that truth for false worship.
Les applies Cain's example to the present day: Cain rationalized, deceived himself, and said God would accept him without the blood, but God didn't. Abel, by contrast, did what God said and was accepted by faith. Les says people are doing the same thing today — the human race hasn't changed one iota. He also points out that Satanic cults demand drinking blood, which is in direct opposition to the Creator's command that the human race never ingest blood.
Why God Holds Everyone Without Excuse — Romans 1:18-21
They went to various other places of service throughout the Roman Empire, Paul even mentions in one place that they went right into the temple of the Emperor himself. And as they would rotate through their service from one end of the Empire to the other, they took the Gospel with them.
The Blood-Bought Way After the Fall
God killing animals for Adam and Eve's clothing was a spiritual restoration — the only way God receives lost persons is by the shedding of blood.
Faith Plus the Blood Offering
God provided the blood sacrifice, but Adam and Eve had to believe what He said; faith and blood are both required.
Abel Accepted, Cain Rejected
Abel brought the instructed blood sacrifice; Cain brought a self-willed, bloodless offering, and God already had a lamb provided.
Knowledge of God Suppressed
Eight people from the ark knew God, but within about 200 years their descendants embraced pagan worship at Babel.
Rationalizing Away the Blood
Cain deceived himself into thinking God would accept him without blood; the human race still does the same today.
God's Instructions for Approach
God instructed Adam's family how to approach Him: a blood sacrifice accompanied with faith — faith defined as taking God at His Word.
Satanic Worship Inverts God's Command
Satanic cults demand drinking blood, the direct opposite of God's command, revealing the spiritual battle behind blood.
Genesis 3:21: Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
The first blood covering points to the blood sacrifice God required after sin.
Hebrews 9:22: And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
The key verse Les points to for the absolute necessity of blood.
Hebrews 11:6: But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Shows that blood sacrifice had to be accompanied by faith.
Genesis 4:3: And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
Cain's offering set up the contrast with Abel's blood sacrifice.
Genesis 4:4: And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
Abel's blood offering from the flock was what God honored.
Genesis 4:5: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
God's rejection of Cain's bloodless offering shows the need for blood.
Genesis 9:4: But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
The command not to ingest blood, which Les notes Satanic worship inverts.
After Adam and Eve sinned, God killed animals to clothe them, and Les Feldick explains this was a spiritual restoration back into relationship with God — the blood-bought way. Hebrews 9:22 says without shedding of blood there is no remission, and Hebrews 11:6 says without faith it is impossible to please God.
Abel brought a blood sacrifice as God instructed and it was accompanied by faith. Cain brought a bloodless offering of his own will, and God rejected it. Les says God even pointed Cain to a lamb He had provided, but Cain refused to bring it.
Les says yes — people rationalize and deceive themselves, thinking God will accept them without the blood, just as Cain did. He adds that the human race hasn't changed one iota, and false worship still persists even though people have a knowledge of the Creator.
Watch the Teaching: Why God Holds Everyone Without Excuse — Romans 1:18-21