What made Christ a unique sacrifice?

Answer 1

he is sinless

A perspective:

The purpose of a "sacrifice" is its "shed blood."It's a messy, ugly, horrifying -- and necessary-- ritual that graphically displays the dire results of SIN [man's transgressing... breaking... of God's Commandments - I John 3:4]; the dire results of man's failure to Love and Respect and Care about others.

"...we can say that under the old agreement almost everything was cleansed by sprinkling it with blood, and without the shedding of blood THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS OF SINS." (Heb.9:22 LVB Living Bible)

The Bible reveals that all of the sacrifices of the past [beginning with those of 'Righteous Abel,' toward whose sacrificial offerings [Abel was the 'keeper of sheep' - Gen.4:2] 'the Lord had respect' [Gen.4:4];all of the 'animal sacrifices' of the past pointed to Christ's UNIQUE sacrifice.

For the "LORD" God who had this respect for Abel's sacrifices [and all the sacrifices that were to come] was the WORD of God -- the One who would later be born in the flesh and called Jesus Christ:

"All things were made by Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made." (John 1:3)

The trouble with animal sacrifices, however, is that: "...these FAILED TO CLEANSE THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE who brought them... the people had to keep these rules to tide them over until CHRIST CAME WITH GOD'S NEW AND BETTER WAY." (Heb.9:9-10 LVB)

This "better" [UNIQUE]way lay in the "quality of the blood" that Jesus shed over that of mere animals.

In recent decades, man has discovered "DNA"... which, in an attempt to put it into somewhat understandable language that ourfinite human intellect might grasp: is a built-in IDENTIFIER AS TO THE FATHER OF A CHILD.

And of all the children born into the world... the Bible tells us that Jesus' Father WASN'T HUMAN. Jesus' Father was God. Therefore, Jesus' DNA afforded Him the UNIQUE quality of having coursing through His veins DIVINE BLOOD!

The PERFECT BLOOD for SACRIFICE is DIVINE, perfect, unblemished blood!

But men didn't know about DNA, or the testing thereof,two thousand years ago. Theycouldn't test Jesus' blood... or take a swab of His saliva, or a hair clipping, etc.,to test to see who His Father was.

If they had... what might they have found? The "physical" proof of Jesus' Divinity with which science would be satisfied?

Jesus' "blood sacrifice" was also UNIQUE in that, not only was His blood the one Perfect Sacrificial Offering to God the Father [which His Father accepted, once for all]: but forthe man who places hisFAITH in Jesus' Divine Blood... and BELIEVES what the Scriptures sayabout Him... that man may, in turn, BECOME ONE OF GOD'S CHILDREN, also -- and take on the DNA of Jesus' Father. To DO the deeds of Christ, who always obeyed His Father:

"...you will realize that I AM He and that I do nothing on My own, but I speak what the Father taught Me. And the One who sent Me is with Me - He has not deserted Me. For I ALWAYS DO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING TO HIM." (John 8:28-29 NLT New Living Translation)

The sacrifice and shedding of Jesus' blood is UNIQUE, in that from one's Faith in it and lasting Remembrance of it... a man may be reborn into the Family of God, to become the Child of their Father in heaven... and the brother of Christ, the Father's Firstborn Son.

"Just think how much more the Blood of Christ will PURIFY OUR HEARTS from the deeds that lead to death so that we can worship the Living God. For by the power of the Eternal Spirit, Christ offered Himself to God AS A PERFECT SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS. That is why He is the One who mediates the new covenant between God [the Father] and people, so that all who are invited can receive the Eternal Inheritance God has promised them..." (Heb.9:14-15 NLT)

"For His Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that WE ARE GOD'S CHILDREN. And since we are His Children, we will share in His treasures - for everything God gives to His Son, Christ, IS OURS, TOO. But if we are to share His Glory, we must also share His suffering." (Rom.8:16-17 NLT)

No animal's blood, shed in the horrifying ritual regarding the temporary forgiveness of sins, held the Power or the Majesty or the UNIQUENESS as thatof the MURDER OF GOD'S SON andMAN SHEDDINGTHE BLOOD OF HIS CREATOR!

It was the Father's will that it be done to Save His creation from the false god they chose to worship in the beginning in the Garden of Eden. To save them from their false god... his perverse ways... and from DEATH, the end result of those ways.

Faith in Jesus' UNIQUE shed Divine Blood possesses that Saving Power. It was shed willingly, Selflesslyand Lovingly by God for the sake of His Children:

"...'My Father! If it be possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from Me. Yet I WANT YOUR WILL, NOT MINE.'" (Matt.26:39 NLT)

As Royal and Divine as Jesus' Blood was... He was also very much a man; not thrilled about the prospect of being brutally murdered by His creation. He would have been perfectly happy if His Father would have offered an easier solution to Salvation and Eternal Life.

But sin is ugly... and deadly. It leads to suffering, and misery... to disrespect, infidelity, murder, theft, lies, deceit, jealousy, envy, lust, greed. It leads to diseases, famines, wars and death. It leads to exactly the kind of world man has created for himself through the manifestation of his sins. And the only way for sin to be eradicated is through the shedding of blood.

Jesus knew this going in. He knew why He was here, born a man... the Divine Son of His Father. He was terrified of it... but He always does those things that please His Father. He always bows to His Father's will.

"While Jesus was here on earth, He offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the One who could deliver Him out of death. And God heard His prayers because of His reverence for God. So even though Jesus was God's Son, He learned obedience from the things He suffered. In this way, God qualified Him as a Perfect High Priest, and He became the source of Eternal Salvation for all those who obey Him." (Heb.5:7-9 NLT)

Animals don't fret about such things.

And no sacrificially shed blood of an animal possessed the UNIQUE Power of Jesus' Divine Blood. Animal sacrifices were based on ritual. Jesus' UNIQUEsacrifice is based on FAITH. A heartfelt... heart and mind-cleansing Faith in God's Perfect Sacrifice.