2006-12-21 15:02:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus never said any such thing. That was invented by Paul in his letters to his personal friends. (Those letters later became sacred scrolls of the Bible)
The History Channel, last night, said that Both the Old and New Testaments were written for the Jews. The Jews, God bless them, need to present a sacrifice for their mistakes. So Paul told them that Jesus paid the sacrifice for all their sins past, present, and future sins. - so to say
Paul needed more money for his Empire, so he later wrote Romans and Galatians etc to convince the Gentiles to join his empire.
Jesus is my savior, but most of the Bible is a sham.
2006-12-21 15:09:46 · answer #1 · answered by MrsOcultyThomas 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't really understand the 2nd and 3rd question.
Jesus took the punishment for our sins by dying on the cross for us and shedding his blood. Its not the beating or even the nailing on the cross that was the most intolerable of his suffering. Just before Jesus died, right before he cries out "Father why have you forsaken me", for that moment before death, the total amount of sin, from Adam and Eve until now and what is to come, the burden of all the sin of the world was laid on Jesus, he felt it, and was separated from the Father. Jesus never had been separated from the pureness and holiness of the Father ever and never again will be. He took it because he loves us and wants us to be with him in Heaven, but we must accept him and his gift to get there.
2006-12-21 23:15:15 · answer #2 · answered by Gardener for God(dmd) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excellent question! This is not an easy question at all. However, I will explain this as detailed as possible.
To grasp the full meaning of “the ransom,” we need to think back to what happened in the garden of Eden. Only if we understand what Adam lost when he sinned can we appreciate why the ransom is such a valuable gift to us.
Note that Jehovah God created Adam, he gave him something truly precious – perfect human life. What did this mean? Adam was made with a perfect body and mind, he would never get sick, grow old and die. Sounds familiar? These are the things that plague us today. As a perfect human, Adam had a special relationship with Jehovah. Of course, Jehovah told Adam what he expected from him.
Adam was made in God’s image, in that he was created with qualities like those of God, including love, justice, wisdom and power. Adam was like his Father in that he possessed free will. Hence, Adam was not a robot that was programmed. Like us today. Instead, he used wisdom and discernment when choosing between right and wrong. If Adam had chosen to obey God, he would have lived forever in Paradise on earth.
Unfortunately, Adam disobeyed God, was condemned to death and he paid a very high price. His sin cost him his perfect human life with all its blessings (like everlasting life). This did not only affect Adam, but all of his future offspring that would come after him (that means us).
Romans 5:12 mentions, “Through one man [Adam] sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned.” All of us inherited sin from Adam. There was no hope for Adam or Eve because they willfully chose to disobey God. So, what about us?
Jehovah came to mankind’s rescue by means of the ransom. A ransom involves two things. First, a ransom is the price paid to bring about a release or to buy something back. It might be compared to the price paid for the release of a prisoner of war. Second, a ransom is the price that covers, or pays, the cost of something. In this case, we are talking about the ransom buying back what we should have now, everlasting life and perfection.
Since a perfect human life was lost, no imperfect human life could ever buy it back. What was needed was for a ransom EQUAL in value to what was lost. The only one that would be equal to the perfect man Adam would be the perfect man Jesus.
1 Corinthians 15:45 calls Jesus “the last Adam.” Why? Because he had a perfect human life, and he never sinned. In a sense, Jesus stepped into Adam’s place in order to save us. By sacrificing, or giving up, his perfect life in flawless obedience to God, Jesus paid the price for Adam’s sin. Jesus brought the hope to Adam’s offspring. (Read Romans 5:19; 1 Corinthians 15:21, 22)
I hope that the contents above answered your question. I have never seen a question phrased like this. Many people know that Jesus died for all mankind, but not everyone knows which humans he had to “buy back the sin of.” Next time one of Jehovah’s Witnesses comes to you door, take the time to listen and if you have any other questions, feel free to ask them.
Take Care,
2006-12-21 23:39:36 · answer #3 · answered by the_answer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not exactly sure what you're asking, but I'll take a crack at it anyway.
Jesus, by becoming man, was able to represent men before God. Men have a fallen nature, "fallen" from the original state of grace and sinlessness. Jesus' human nature was of this original, unfallen type, so He did not have personal sin to atone for.
Not only was Jesus able to represent men before God because of His human nature, but He was also able to repay the infinite debt incurred when Adam fell because of His infinite, divine nature.
In short, Jesus was able to take the punishment for the sins of men because He Himself was fully human.
2006-12-21 23:10:56 · answer #4 · answered by mle_trogdor2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All thoroughout the Bible we see the concept that sin can only be forgiven by the blood of a pure, spotless sacrifice.
God performed the first sacrifice for sin.
In Genesis 3:21 the word of God says,
21 Also for adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.
In order for God to make tunics of sking, He had to kill an animal.
God offered the first sacrifice by killing an animal and then using the hide of the animal for their tunics.
When Jesus died on the cross, it was a blood sacrifice for the sins of all mankind. There was only one condition, you had to accept the person that made the sacrifice for you. You have to believe in Him in order to complete the work of the sacrifice.
2006-12-21 23:19:34 · answer #5 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Jesus took the sins of the world upon himself then he should be in hell, no? As it is, he’s sitting in heaven in a throne and angels are serving him cocktails. What exactly is the great sacrifice the Christians are talking about? Christian theology is wall-to-wall nonsense.
2006-12-21 23:11:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus paid a blood atonement for our sins.
We are the humans who killed Him.
2006-12-21 23:20:15 · answer #7 · answered by sneakers 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He bore 39 stripes(whips) on his back and died on the cross for our sins. Jesus did this for all of mankind. He knew no sin and yet He became sin for us.
2006-12-21 23:09:12 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how did Jesus take the punishement for our sins??
He didn't.
By humans?
No by no one.
This is all fairy tales.
2006-12-21 23:05:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
He was beaten and crucified because we chose to reject Him. He was obedient unto death unlike Adam who chose disobedience to God's will.
2006-12-21 23:06:03 · answer #10 · answered by jonathan x 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋