31. Weren’t the sacrifices of the Old Testament payments for sin?
No, such discourse is foreign to Scripture. It could easily have stated that, but it simply never did. The Law of Moses did not specify sacrifices as payments for sins. That’s adding words without knowledge. These sacrifices, though often costly, to be sure, foreshadow the priceless self-sacrifice of Jesus’ existence on the Cross as a ransom to Death in exchange for Life to all mankind—now greatly enhanced and powerfully augmented!—a recompense that God Himself undertook to repay His Son. That deadwood Christ got hung on, bearing sins, hereby rejuvenated into the veritable Tree of Life, bearing prolific good fruit and therapeutic leaves for the abundant life and salutary healing of the nations of earth.
The Premial Atonement 