Without blood there is no atonement for sins.

In my argument i will show how blood sacrifices are required for the atonement for all the sins of all men. Being clean is the result of repentance and coming under atoning death and shed blood on the Day of Atonement. The only way to be clean before the holy God of Israel is strongly found in Leviticus 16 and 17 during the Day of Atonement. Its important to note the word ALL here in these few verses literally means ALL not just for unintentional sins. Leviticus 16:9 "And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. (15) Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: (16) And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel , and because of their transgressions in ALL their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. Leviticus 16: 30 "For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from ALL your sins before the LORD. (31) It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. (33) And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for ALL the people of the congregation. (34) And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for ALL their sins once a year..." These verses set the precedent for what will be seen in Leviticus 17. The only way one can be cleansed is by shed blood, and notice in verse 34 that their sins were only atoned for, for just one year. We will see later how the death of the Messiah completely cleanses our sins not just for a year but for eternity. Leviticus 17:11makes the a distinction of what the blood sacrifice was used for. A common objection to this verse, as my opponent used, is that the verse is only talking about eating blood and food laws. In part that is true but the whole purpose of God saying that was to show what the blood was actually meant for which was the atonement for sin. My opponent goes as far to say the " it(referring toLev 17:11) does not talk about atonement whatsoever" Im curious as to why this was said when copying the verse making atonement for sins was used TWICE just in that one verse. The verse makes the distinction of what the use of the blood was used for, which was the atonement and not for eating. Now why did Jesus have to die? Was Jesus a normal man? I would say according to Jesus's words, life and His claims that He was the One true God that He was not just a normal man but God in human form. We can debate that at another time if you would like but with that i would like to show how Christ takes away our sins. Jesus was often referred to in metaphors to represent what was used in the Old Covenant, like when he refers to himself as "The Door" in John 10:9, but takes them to a higher level. In John 1:29 Jesus referred to as the "Lamb of God" "29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" Jesus like the lamb in the Old covenant was watched and was spotless (Hebrews 4:15 ..."But was in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin). Jesus' death was a picture of sacrifice that was used with lambs in the Old covenant but to a greater degree. In Leviticus the sins were only covered for one year but the book of Hebrews shows us how much more effective the blood from the "The Lamb of God" is. Hebrews 9:12 "Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us." Hebrews 13:20 "Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant," This New Covenant which was prophesied in Jeremiah 31:31-34 was vastly different in the duration. We saw in Leviticus 16 that it was only for one year but we saw in Hebrews that it was meant to be eternal but read what Jeremiah prophesied: "31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." In verse number 34 the sins would be remembered "no more" which is exactly what Christ had accomplished when He shed His blood for atonement.