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God was against human sacrifice but he sacrificed his Son?

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Right, but there is a big difference. Jesus said in Jn 10:

17 "The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.
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  1. The Son would voluntarily lay down his life.
  2. The Son would take up his life after laying it down.
This wasn't your usual human sacrifice.

18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
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Php 12:

5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, existing in the form of God,
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There was a divine mystery.

did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—
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voluntarily

even death on a cross.
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The Son of God died on the cross. It was a divine mystery.

Ro 3:

22 And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
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Jesus was the perfect, sinless sacrifice.

25 God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand. 26He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
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Jesus was uniquely qualified to die for the sins of people.

God was against human sacrifice but he sacrificed his Son?

Right, but Jesus wasn't just any human. Jesus' divine-human nature made his sacrifice unique.
 
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I just had a Bible study last night on John 14:25-15:4.

One verse struck me as basically saying the same thing that you are saying that Jesus laid down his life willingly and no one takes His life from Him. The verse is here:

John 14:30
"the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over me."
 
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