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The episode discusses the significance of animal sacrifices in the Bible and how they relate to Jesus' ultimate sacrifice.

Read: Hebrews 10:1-10, 17-18 “Mom, in Sunday school today we learned about Abraham and Isaac.” Myra climbed onto the stool and watched as Mom kneaded some dough. “Which story did you learn about?” Mom asked. “The one where Abraham almost sacrifices Isaac. God was just testing Abraham to see if he would give up his son for Him, so He didn’t let him go through with it.” Myra scrunched her nose. “But then God provided a sheep for Abraham to kill instead, and Abraham put that on the altar. People in the Bible sacrificed sheep and other animals a lot. It’s so gross! Why did they do that?” “Well, in Abraham’s time, Jesus hadn’t been born yet.” Mom punched the dough in front of her. “It’s kind of like this bread. Right now, it hasn’t been baked.” She picked up a knife and a plate. “If I cut a slice of this, it won’t even hold it’s shape.” Myra giggled as the dough turned into a puddle on the plate. “That’s not what bread is supposed to look like.” “Exactly.” Mom added the dough back to the rest of the pile. “People back then were under a different law, like this bread dough has different ‘laws’ than baked bread. Animal sacrifices were a way to remember that the wrong things they did…

Topics covered

• sacrifice
• faith
• Bible stories
• family discussions
• spiritual lessons

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