Ezekiel 45:20 Contradictions and Paradoxes

According to Ezekiel, this verse tells us that on the seventh day of the month, people should make a special offering to help those who make mistakes or don't know better. It's like saying sorry and making things better with God.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:10

This verse states that believers have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all, which suggests a completed act of atonement, unlike the repeated sacrifices mentioned in Ezekiel 45:20.

Hebrews 10:10: By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all].

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:18

This verse argues that where there is forgiveness, there is no longer any offering for sin needed, contrasting the need for continual atonement as described in Ezekiel 45:20.

Hebrews 10:18: Now where remission of these [is, there is] no more offering for sin.

Contradiction with Colossians 2:14

This verse explains that Jesus took away the written code with its regulations, including sacrificial laws, nailing it to the cross, differing from the requirement of making atonement described in Ezekiel 45:20.

Colossians 2:14: Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:12

This verse states that Christ entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption, which opposes the repeated need for atonement in Ezekiel 45:20.

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].

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:26

This verse declares that Christ has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself, contrasting with the periodic need for atonement in Ezekiel 45:20.

Hebrews 9:26: For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Contradiction with Matthew 26:28

This verse records Jesus' words that His blood is poured out for the forgiveness of sins, indicating a singular, ultimate sacrifice unlike the ongoing sacrifices mentioned in Ezekiel 45:20.