Regarding "Spiritual Symbolism," there is a great deal of symbolism included if looked for. From the need to shed blood to be forgiven, the willingness to make sacrifice for loved ones, making sacrifice to
set others free, the need to retreat to the church for safety and I could go on and on. I must admit though, sometimes it is fun just to go to a movie to enjoy a great story, for me that was the case with Open Range.
ON SACRIFICE
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice—no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
--JOHN BURROUGHS (1837–1921)
That which one sacrifices is never lost.
--GERMAN PROVERB
Self-sacrifice is never entirely unselfish, for the giver never fails to receive.
--DOLORES E. MCGUIRE
ON SACRIFICE IN THE BIBLE
Since the penalty for sin was death, the animal’s blood was shed to atone for the sins of the person making the sacrifice. The JEWS practiced the system of sacrifices until A.D. 70, when the temple and the altar were destroyed with the rest of Jerusalem.
Jesus, the Lamb of God, was the ultimate sacrifice. He was sinless, so he did not have to die. His death on the cross, therefore, was an acceptable sacrifice on behalf of all who believe in him.
ON SACRIFICE FROM COMMENTS ON THE BIBLE
Our notion of sacrifice is the wringing out of us something we don’t want to give up, full of pain and agony and distress. The Bible idea of sacrifice is that I give as a love-gift the very best thing I have
--OSWALD CHAMBERS (1874–1917)
If Jesus Christ is God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for him.
--CHARLES THOMAS STUDD (1862–1931)
I never made a sacrifice. We ought not to talk of sacrifice when we remember the great sacrifice that he made who left his Father’s throne on high to give himself for us.
--DAVID LIVINGSTONE (1813–1873)
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