"For from the rising of the sun to its setting My Name is great among the Goyim (Nations), and in every place incense is offered to My Name, a pure (t'horah; "purity", or "purify") offering (Min-chah; "unbloody SACRIFICE"); for My Name is great among the nations, says the L-rd of hosts."Catholics are often condemned for their "sacrifice of the mass", but long before she used the term Eucharist, a Jewish PROPHET foretold about that PURE UNBLOODY SACRIFICE to be among "the Nations" or Gentiles. What's more we are told:
"But you profane it when you say the L-rd's TABLE (Shool'chan or "altar") is polluted, and the fruit (nib; "fruit" or "produce") for it may be despised."This "sacrifice" was being done on a "table" or "altar" and it had a "fruit" or "produce", that is something came forth from this sacrifice as a result of this being made. Judah condemned the "table as "polluted" and the "fruit" it produced to be "despised" (not eaten). So from these pieces we see that Judah was condemning the Goyim for:
During this pure sacrifice offered at a table, producing a by-product for people, Judah's own sacrifices were being condemned (Mal.1.8, 13-13); therefore the Temple was still in existence at this time. It is for the reason that the Prophets foretell a sacrificial system in the Time-To-Come that Judah has reasoned:
"When the Messiah arrives, all of the sacrifices will be abolished except for the thanksgiving sacrifice." Midrash Rabbah Tzav 9:7And sages teach this because the Thanksgiving Sacrifice is totally different from all the others:
"But the Korban Todah, the thanksgiving offering was different at its core. Rather than emerging from the shortcomings of people, this offering responded to the abundant goodness of God. Whereas the other sacrifices attempt to make up for human imperfection or even evil, the Korban Todah is a celebration of life and its wonder."The same is true for the Sacrifice at Calvary. Yes, it covers all sin but it does not preclude us from giving a Gift of Thanks and according to John 6 this Gift of Thanks He first gave to us. Indeed as the rabbi above points out, this gift came first from above (as did the Messiah) and was the result of our realization of His abundant mercy (through Calvary) thus we remember the source of this mercy (His initiated at the Last Supper) when we offer up the Sacrifice of True PRAISE (The Eucharist).(Tzav "Those Two Magic Words" by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies)
