Isaac (Genesis ch.22). God tested Abraham's obedience by seeming to request that he sacrifice Isaac. See also:
The act is known as a Sacrifice.
The first sacrifice mentioned in the Bible was when Abel offered a lamb to God in the book of Genesis.
Hebrews 11:4 - By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks. [NKJV]
We don't offer the sacrifice of Jesus. The sacrifice of Jesus as the lamb of God, the propitiation for sin, was offered once and once only. Jesus cannot be crucified again and again.As a christian a person can offer themselves, their life, as a living sacrifice.Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Abraham offered Issac after he was commanded to in Genesis 22:2.
The first blood sacrifice in the Bible, when Abel offered a lamb to God, symbolized obedience and faith. It set a precedent for future sacrifices as a way to seek forgiveness and show devotion to God.
Sheep, cow, goat, and Buffalo can be offered as ritual sacrifice in Islam.
.Catholic AnswerAn altar is like a table on which a sacrifice is offered to a god. That has been the definition since time out of mind. In the Old Testament, when they wanted to offer a sacrifice to God, the first thing that they did was built an altar. The Mass (or Eucharist) is the Sacrifice of the New Covenant. It is the sacrifice of Our Blessed Lord of Himself upon the Cross for our salvation. The sacrifice that a priest of the Catholic Church offers is the exact same sacrifice, it is not done again, but it is re - presented. Only once in all of history was this sacrifice offered in a bloody manner on a Cross. When it is re - presented, it is presented in an unbloody manner on an altar.
Nothing, really, other than the name "priest", and the fact that they both offer sacrifice. In the ancient world a priest was a priest because he offered sacrifice to the Gods. In the modern world, a priest still offers sacrifice, but in this case, he offers the sacrifice of the Son to the Father, a perpetual sacrifice. See the book of Daniel where God prophecies the perpetual sacrifice to be offered in His Name, which is prophesying the Christian period, the "end times."
It is called a sacrifice. It is only a sacrifice if it costs you something. that is why only perfect animals were used. If they used a less than perfect animal then it meant little to them and they were sacrificing nothing.
When he was 16 (2006), Plan B had offered Ryan Sheckler more money than Almost had offered.
God tested abraham, as he told him to sacrifice Issac on mount Moriah.