Jehovah's Witness and Christians is Jesus' ransom equal to, more than or less than an animal sacrifice?

Christian here. What Jesus sacrificed is unequaled in human history.

Animal sacrifices have ended because Jesus Christ was the ultimate and perfect sacrifice. John the Baptist recognized this when he saw Jesus coming to be baptized and said, “Look, the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). You may be asking yourself, why animals? What did they do wrong? That is the point—since the animals did no wrong, they died in place of the one performing the sacrifice. Jesus Christ also did no wrong but willingly gave Himself to die for the sins of mankind (1 Timothy 2:6). Jesus Christ took our sin upon Himself and died in our place. As 2 Corinthians 5:21 says, “God made him [Jesus] who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” Through faith in what Jesus Christ accomplished on the cross, we can receive forgiveness.

Animal sacrifices were commanded by God so that the individual could experience forgiveness of sin. The animal served as a substitute—that is, the animal died in place of the sinner, but only temporarily, which is why the sacrifices needed to be offered over and over. Animal sacrifices have stopped with Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ was the ultimate sacrificial substitute once for all time (Hebrews 7:27) and is now the only mediator between God and humanity (1 Timothy 2:5). Animal sacrifices foreshadowed Christ’s sacrifice on our behalf. The only basis on which an animal sacrifice could provide forgiveness of sins is Christ who would sacrifice Himself for our sins, providing the forgiveness that animal sacrifices could only illustrate and foreshadow.

Jesus wasn’t merely human. If He were, then His sacrifice would have also been a temporary one because one human life couldn’t possibly cover the sins of the multitudes who ever existed. Neither could one finite human life atone for sin against an infinite God. The only viable sacrifice must be an infinite one, which means only God Himself could atone for the sins of mankind. Only God Himself, an infinite Being, could pay the penalty owed to Himself. This is why God had to become a Man and dwell among men (John 1:14). No other sacrifice would suffice.

It is also important to understand that God didn’t sacrifice Jesus. Rather, Jesus, as God incarnate, sacrificed Himself. No one forced Him. He laid down His life willingly, as He made clear speaking about His life: “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” (John 10:18). God the Son sacrificed Himself to God the Father and thereby fulfilled all the requirements of the Law. Unlike the temporary sacrifices, Jesus’ once-for-all-time sacrifice was followed by His resurrection. He laid down His life and took it up again, thereby providing eternal life for all who would ever believe in Him and accept His sacrifice for their sins. He did this out of love for the Father and for all those the Father has given Him (John 6:37–40).

Jesus did not die simply to atone for the sin of Adam. He who was without sin, took upon himself the sin of the world, once and for all time, so that sinful humanity could be restored to relationship with his creator. No animal, no mere mortal, no angel, not even an archangel could achieve that.

No JW answers so far. I'm not one, but I do know they would claim Jesus' sacrifice was far superior to any animal sacrifice offered to Jehovah God. They claim that Jesus was the exact equivalent of the man Adam, before he sinned. They claim that Jesus' ransom had to be "the exact equivalent" of Adam, so that Jesus could buy back the right to everlasting life that Adam lost for all humanity.

They like to quote from the Bible where it says that Jesus is the last Adam, but they fail to note the surrounding information that proves Jesus to be far superior to Adam! Or that what Jesus achieved was far greater than what Adam lost!

Anyway, your question about what JWs think is that although they say His ransom was more than what an animal sacrifice could achieve, they deny that His sacrifice was for their, personal sins. They say Jesus only died to deal with "Adamic sin". JWs think that if they die, that will pay for their own sins. They seem to have no understanding that when the Bible says "the wages of sin is death", a wage is what we earn as an entitlement, and cannot be fobbed off as a payment for removing the body of work we built up.

As a Christian, I just agree with Grey Tower's answer, as she shows the biblical basis for proving that Jesus' sacrifice was unique and only needed to be made once, for all time, it was so all-encompassing and perfect. No animal sacrifice even began to achieve what Jesus' did! They only reminded sinners of their need for blood to be spilled if God was to forgive their sins. Jesus' shed blood is sufficient to deal with all sin ever committed, before, during and after His time on Earth as the sinless Son of God.