Why are all the major events in the life of Christ directly described in the Gospels except for his resurrection?
Why does Western Christianity depict an individual resurrection but Eastern Christianity presents a universal resurrection?
Could it be that the West gutted the heart of Christianity’s understanding of the resurrection by rejecting a once-common universal iconography in favor of an individualistic vision?
The theology of the atonement was not developed until some 900 years after the crucifixion, by Christian writer Anselm of Canterbury.
Why are all the major events in the life of Christ directly described in the Gospels except for his resurrection?
Why does Western Christianity depict an individual resurrection but Eastern Christianity presents a universal resurrection?
Could it be that the West gutted the heart of Christianity’s understanding of the resurrection by rejecting a once-common universal iconography in favor of an individualistic vision?
The theology of the atonement was not developed until some 900 years after the crucifixion, by Christian writer Anselm of Canterbury.
The question which everyone like to ignore:
Did the killers of Jesus hanged or crucified him for crime he committed or as sacrifice to God to forgive their sins?
The question which everyone like to ignore:
Did the killers of Jesus hanged or crucified him for crime he committed or as sacrifice to God to forgive their sins?
Robert Traill (Stedfast Adherence to the Profession of our Faith), Works 3:230:
Christ Jesus was offered in sacrifice to God for us. He did not die only in love for us, and he did not die only to give an example for us, and he did not die only for our good; but he died in our stead, he died as a sacrifice dies. The way in which the beast that was to be sacrificed died, was this: there was a transferring of the guilt of the master of him upon his head; that guilt deserved death by the law, and this death was inflicted upon the poor innocent creature. This was a shadow of that great sacrifice that the Son of God was to offer. 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] chap. 9:11, 12.
Hugh Binning, Works, p. 422:
Our Lord Jesus Christ enters into a covenant with the Father, wherein he undertakes to bear our curse, and the chastisement of our peace. He is content to be dealt with as the rebel, “Upon me, upon me be the iniquity;” and so there comes an interruption, as it were, of that blessed peace he had with the Father. He is content that there should be a covering of wrath spread over the Father’s love, that he should handle the Son as an enemy; and therefore it is, that sinners are admitted as friends, – his obedience takes away our rebellion. The cloud of the Lord’s displeasure pours down upon him, that it might be fair weather to us; the armies of curses that were against us, encounter him, and he, by being overcome, overcometh; by being slain by justice, Satan, and sin, overcometh all those, and killeth the enmity on the cross, making peace by his blood, Col. 2:14, 15; Eph. 2:15. And it is this sacrifice that hath pacified heaven, – the sweet smell of it hath gone above, and made peace in the high places.
Spoiler
1. God exists. (Gen. 1:1)
2. God is infinite. (Psalm 90:2, 147:5; Jer. 23:24)
3. God is holy. (Isaiah 6:3; Rev. 4:8)
4. God is righteous. (Neh. 9:32-33; 1 Thess. 1:6)
5. Therefore, God is infinitely holy and just.
6. Furthermore, God speaks out of the character of who He is. (Matt. 12:34)
7. God spoke the Law. (Ex. 20:1-17)
8. Therefore, the Law is in the heart of God and is a reflection of God's character since it is Holy and Good. (Rom. 7:12)
9. Furthermore, to break the Law of God is to offend Him since it is His Law that we break. This sin results in an infinite offense because God is infinite and His wrath against sin is infinite, thus, the payment made by the reprobate must be unending.
10. Furthermore, it is also right that God punish the Law breaker. To not punish the Law breaker (sinner) is to allow an offense against His holiness to be ignored. (Amos 2:4; Rom. 4:15; Ex. 23:7; Ex. 34:7; Ps. 5:4-6; Rom. 2:5-6)
11. God says that the person who sins must die (be punished). The wages of sin is death. (Eze. 18:4; Rom. 6:23)
12. The sinner needs to escape the righteous judgment of God or he will face damnation. (Rom. 1:18; Matt. 25:46)
13. But, no sinner can undo an infinite offense since to please God and make things right, he must obey the Law, which is the standard of God's righteous character. (Gal. 2:16, 2:21)
14. But the sinner cannot fulfill the law because he is sinful (in the flesh). (Rom. 8:3)
15. Since the sinner cannot fulfill the law and satisfy God, it follows that only God can do this.
16. Jesus is God in flesh. (John 1:1, 1:14; Col. 2:9)
18. The substitute could not be an animal. (Heb. 10:4)
19. Neither could an angel be the substitute, for the substitute must take upon himself human nature. (Heb. 2:14)
20. No sinner could atone for his fellow sinners. (Psa. 49:7–8).
21. It was only God Himself who could be the exact, perfect and proper substitute to atone for the sins of His people, and completely satisfy the vindication of His justice and righteousness, and thus render man acceptable in His sight.
22. Jesus was also a man under the Law. (1 Tim. 2:5; Gal. 4:5-6)
23. Since then the children share in flesh and blood, Jesus, Himself, likewise partook of the same, that through death he might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil.
24. Therefore, he had to be made like his brethren in all things, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. (Heb. 2:14–17)
25. Jesus Christ alone could be the fitting or proper high priest. (Heb. 7:26)
26. The sinlessness of the substitute is necessary. (2 Cor. 5:21)
27. Therefore, Jesus became sin for us and bore our sins unto death in His body on the cross, which revealed the specific penalty required for sin, thus fulfilling the Law. (2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Peter 2:24; Rom. 3:24–26; Rom. 8:3-4)
28. The gift is valued according to the altar on which it is presented. Christ offered Himself through the eternal Spirit (Heb. 9:14), that is to say, He offered His human nature on the altar of His divine nature. He was able to suffer infinite punishment and satisfy divine justice because of the dignity of His person. His divine nature being eternal, His offering possesses an eternal quality. Hence, although Christ did not sacrifice Himself eternally, He nevertheless offered an eternal sacrifice to satisfy divine justice.
29. Therefore, salvation is by grace through faith since it was not by our keeping the Law, but by Jesus, God in flesh, who fulfilled the Law and died in our place. (Eph. 2:8-9; Gal. 3:13; Eph. 5:2)
30. Finally, it follows from the above that a person’s duty is to believe, claiming Christ’s atoning sacrifice as their own in order to be declared righteous before God. Such a true believer will be known from their works.
We been told by the scripture, the devil, the one who did the planning and Judas did the execution.
Do you believe God joined them too?
If God the one who offer jesus as a sacrifice, you think he'll send the devil to Judas or the holy spirit?
The question which everyone like to ignore:
Did the killers of Jesus hanged or crucified him for crime he committed or as sacrifice to God to forgive their sins?
Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.