The first born have to be redeemed?

[shammuel]

Shalom! I would like to understand how shood we understand in this time, like a Mesiah beliver, the first born redeeming? Can someone help me? How this affect us? What that means for us? Adonai bless you all!

[Mark]

There are a couple of positions that can be taken on this. The first, and most common, is that the Messiah's death upon the cross is the pinnacle of all sacrifice to which each of the several types of ritual sacrifice points and describes. (Hebrews 9-10). This position holds that while it is valuable to study and understand the parallels between the sacrifice and the Messiah, actual observance is not necessary because we have the substance in the Messiah of what these sacrifices were fore-shadowing. And since, without the Temple, where sacrifices must be made (Deut. 12:3-5), we are unable to perform these sacrifices anyway. The following article may be helpful

www.ses.edu/Portals/0/journal/articles/1.1Keay.pdf

Simply put, the sacrifice of the firstborn demonstrates the need for atonement for access into the realtionship with God. We cannot just freely enter in as though we were going shopping at the mall. Access must be purchased by the blood of the acceptable sacrifice- the person of God's own Firstborn, Messiah Yeshua.

The second understanding doesn't dismiss the first in anyway but declares that the sacrifice of the firstborn is still appropraie as a part of our worship in the capacity that has given for all sacrifices.

If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
(Deuteronomy 12:21-23 KJV)

The point is that the sacrifice is not to be a duty of obligation but a celebration of worship whereby we draw near to Him, not paying penance or dues for our access, but celebrating in what He has provided for us.