why the son of god ,or the god, must be tortured on cross to forgive our sins,why he didn't just forg?

Question

why he didn't just forgive us .
is it logic that i would torture my self to forgive other people sins
i mean if he is a god and he can forgive anyone ,why he would do that?
he could express love in another way,why he would choose the aggressive way.

Answer 1

When Adam and Eve Sinned, Jehovah created the perfect soultion so that we may have our sins forgiven and have everlasting life. After they sinned he required the death of a perfect man. Why the death of a perfect man you may ask? Well, what was Jehovah God's penalty for Adam if he sinned? Was it not death? (Genesis 2:16, 17) "The wages sin pays is death," wrote the apostle Paul. (Romans 6:23) Adam paid for his sin with his own death. He was given life, he chose to sin, and he died as a penalty for his sin. (Genesis 3:19) What about the condemnation that the entire human race came under because of that sin? A death was needed to atone for their sins. But whose death could justly cover the transgressions of all mankind?

God's Law to the ancient nation of Israel required "soul for soul [or, life for life]." (Exodus 21:23) According to this legal principle, the death covering mankind's transgressions would have to be of a value equal to what Adam had lost. Only the death of another perfect man could pay the wages of sin. Jesus was such a man. Indeed, Jesus was "a corresponding ransom" for the saving of all redeemable mankind descended from Adam.—1 Timothy 2:6; Romans 5:16, 17.





Adam's death had no value; he deserved to die for his sin. Jesus' death, however, had great value because he died in a sinless state. Jehovah God could accept the value of Jesus' perfect life as a ransom for obedient descendants of sinful Adam. And the value of Jesus' sacrifice does not stop at paying for our past sins. If it did, we would have no future. Being conceived in sin, we are bound to err again. (Psalm 51:5) How grateful we can be that Jesus' death makes provision for us to gain the perfection that Jehovah originally intended for the offspring of Adam and Eve!



Adam can be likened to a father who died and left us in such deep financial debt (sin) that there is no possible way for us to get out of debt. On the other hand, Jesus is like a good father who died and left us a rich inheritance that not only frees us from the enormous debt that Adam burdened us with but also provides enough for us to live on eternally. Jesus' death is not simply a cancellation of past sins; it is also a wonderful provision for our future.



Jesus saves because he died for us. And what a valuable provision his death is! When we see it as a part of God's solution to the complex problem of Adam's sin, our faith in Jehovah and his way of doing things is strengthened. Yes, Jesus' death is a means of rescuing "everyone exercising faith" in him from sin, disease, old age, and death itself. (John 3:16) Are you thankful to God for making this loving arrangement for our salvation?


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Answer 2

Probably the most important reason is to assuage our own guilty consciences. Mankind has since the beginning offered sacrifices to his gods. It is ingrained in our nature. It is mankind's attempt to rid himself of original sin. Had God not sent His son as the final sacrifice we would still be sacrificing our children as the ancient Assyrians did, or warriors as the Mayans and Aztecs, animals as the Jews did, or we might still be breaking pottery like the Pueblos. Instead, we can now look back on the sacrifice of Christ and understand that those things are no longer necessary. It is one of history's greatest ironies that Christianity, far more than anything else, eliminated sacrifice from the world, so much so that most now don't even know that it was once one of the most common things among civilization.

Answer 3

What few Christians know or understand is the history of the sacrificial lamb on the Alter. It is how the sins of Israel were forgiven. The high priest of the Levi were to slit the throat of the lamb, allowing its soul to pour out on the ground. The flesh was than destroyed by fire on the Alter in the Holy or the second ring of the inner Temple. Israel could see the smoke from the fire. The ashes were carried by the High Priest, under the great curtain, made of laced gold, into the Most Holy, where no one except they could go in or see the interior. Anyone else would die instantly from the shear power of the presence of the raw energy of God's Holy Spirit, which resided there. The High Priests had to crawl on their hands and knees to get under the curtain.

Christ was the symbol of that sacrificial lamb, making it no longer necessary for the sacrifices to take place. His blood or soul had to be poured out on the ground, and his flesh destroyed in order to fulfill the covenant of the sacrificial lamb. This runs counter to the beliefs that his physical body was raised like Lazarus. He was evidence that there was two different types of resurrections, to a spirit form and a human form.

Because Israel rejected him as the Lamb of God, upon his death, that great curtain of gold tore open, making it possible for all to see that God's Holy Spirit no longer resided there. They could see inside and even enter the Most Holy without the fear of death, though I imagine

This is where most of today's churches fall down. They don't teach enough about the history behind the OT.

Answer 4

God is Holy, and He cannot sin. We are not holy and we were born into sin, It was our choice to sin against Him. In the Old Testament people had to sacrifice lambs, etc once a year so that they could be forgiven for their sins so they could have a relationship with God. There had to be a cost for sin. Jesus paid that price for me and for you- it is a matter of choice if you believe it or not. Would we torture ourself for anything, yet alone the whole world? Can you look at this this way- "no greater love than a friend lays His life down for you."

Answer 5

Satan had the sentence of eternal doom pronounced against him.
Satan seduced the race of Adam.
Satan stands before God and all His angels and says "If you are just, you can't condemn me and let them go - they deserve hell the same as me."
God doesn't answer, but in due time sends His Son, born of a woman, in the likeness of sinful man, a bona fide member of the Adamic race, and allows Him to be falsely accused and crucified. While He hangs on the cross, God places upon Him the just punishment for the sins of the whole Adamic race. Because He is infinite, He suffers infinitely for the race of Man.
He dies, is buried, and in 3 days is raised again from the dead.
He appears to His followers, declaring " Thus it is written that Messiah (Christ) should suffer and rise again from the dead the third day; and that repentance for forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name, to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem." (Luke 24:46,47)

Thus, God has now become "just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus" (Romans 3:26)

Does that make sense?

Answer 6

Because one of the first laws God ever made was "don't sin or there will be consequences."
God hates sin. He can't tolerate it at all. So He made a rule, early on, "the payment for sin is death."
Jews in the olden days allowed an animal to die in their place. Jesus came in and died in our place.

I can tell you're Muslim.
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Answer 7

Cause he has to appease the Gods.
Remember in the Old Testament, God wanted everybody to burn animals on the altar and sacrifice to him.
Then Jesus did it and supposedly that appeased the Gods to the extent that all humans' sins are saved.

The whole idea comes down from an ancient Pagan ritual.

Jesus actually sacrificed himself, which took great courage, or great delusion.

Answer 8

He did not forgive sins by going on the cross, he paid the atonement for sin.

It would be like forgiving someone for killing someone close to you. They still go to jail, but they are forgiven.

Answer 9

God had to send his son to die on the cross so that the Holy spirit could be sent to guide us until his coming again. It was the only way..and Satan didnt see it coming...

Answer 10

how can we explain it is all a continuation of the old testiment sacrifice ?Jesus was the final Lamb to pay for all sin.