What was the mechanism or process involved? If it was a spiritual thing, why go through the Earthly motions?
Tell me in your own words please and not biblical verses. Tell me how that worked.
2007-10-11 05:04:51 · 7 answers · asked by Just! Some? *Dude* 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
But how did it work??
Ex. If I had murdered someone, Jesus goes and dies on a cross and suddenly it's as if I did NOT murder someone.
2007-10-11 05:16:18 · update #1
ask as many times and it will never be clear coz there is no meaning to it
2007-10-11 05:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Throughout the Old Testament of the Bible the principle was established that forgiveness for sin could only come about by the death of an animal with the shedding of its blood. Christ was the last sacrifice of this kind and he shed his blood and died on the cross to forgive the sins of everybody in the world.
2007-10-11 05:11:14 · answer #2 · answered by cheir 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To be cleansed from our sins there had to be spilling of blood. That is why there was animal sacrifices. God sent his son Jesus down to earth and because he lived a sinless life and died on the Cross and his blood was shed he was the ultimate sacrifice so we are cleanesed of our sins.
2007-10-11 05:13:58 · answer #3 · answered by heyjesus90 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Old Testament, the blood is defined as the life of a man; the two are synonymous. Man must sacrifice his life, bear the penalty of his sin, and surrender himself entirely to God before God could dwell in him with His New Life.
The Tabernacle was an illustration for the Hebrew people pointing the way to a more perfect sacrifice - the body of Jesus Christ. Animal sacrifices were never able to clear the consciences of the worshippers. What man could not do for himself, the Lord Jesus, the Son of Man, did for him. He shed His blood, He gave His life in entire surrender to the will of God as a satisfaction of the penalty of sin.
Under the Old Covenant we see the blood of sheep, goats and bulls being shed day after day for the sins of the Hebrews. These were merely a reminder of sin. Under the New Covenant, however, we see Jesus Christ the Great High Priest who shed His blood for man while he was yet a sinner. This sacrifice was final, once for all, and it was able to cleanse us completely from all sin.
When Jesus Christ died on the Cross, the curtain in the Jewish temple was supernaturally torn in two.8 This signified that He had entered into the "Holy of Holies" which is in heaven. The New Covenant guarantees for us a High Priest, holy and blameless, who will always live to intercede for us.
The law of the Old Covenant and the atonement serve only to remind us of our sin; but Jesus came to take away our sin.
The Power in the Blood
At some point, you may have asked - "How could something that happened almost 2000 years ago possibly affect me today?" Does the Blood shed at Calvary, a hill in a distant country, many centuries ago still have power in the present day?
As we are dealing with spiritual things, it is necessary to let God birth this revelation in our hearts. It is impossible, with mere human thought, to fathom the mysteries of "the Holy of Holies" - God's dwelling place in heaven - and few people have attempted understand these mysteries which are outlined in the Book of Hebrews.
We think of the shedding of the Blood of Jesus as a distant event, but it is present and real and it available to us today through the Holy Spirit. Throughout the Old Testament, the blood of a man was linked with the life and spirit of a man. So, in the New Testament, the Blood of Jesus is linked with His Eternal Life and Spirit.
The Blood and The Eternal Spirit are bonded together in the life of Christ. They are one. The shedding of His Blood was brought about by the Eternal Spirit and the Spirit lived and worked in that Blood. As a result, when the blood was shed it did not die and decay as a dead thing - No! The Blood was taken up into heaven when Jesus gave up His Eternal Spirit to the Father.
The Blood abides as a living reality - in "the Holy of Holies" - as it exercises its divine authority from heaven today. The Blood of Jesus abides as an eternal sacrifice for sin. Jesus Christ Himself entered the Holy of Holies once for all by the means of His own Blood. The Blood will manifest its power in us because the Eternal Spirit works in it and through it.
The Blood shed at Calvary does not merely "atone" for (cover) our sins. It does much more than that! The Blood alone possesses the power to cleanse us of our sins and enables us to serve the Living God. "How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God."9
God Bless.
2007-10-11 05:14:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its really a matter of faith. Think about the person who loves you most, like your mom or dad and then think about a situation in which they would gladly take your place to rescue you or spare you.
If they ended up dead after this exchange, it would have about the same meaning. I say "About" because what Jesus did had a more intense social relevance.
2007-10-11 05:12:17 · answer #5 · answered by Dr NO 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
for breaking God's law we all deserve to go to hell,
the jews would use lambs, spotless lambs as sacrfice for forgiveness of sins, but what about everybody else?
God sends down his son as a spotless lamb. To live as man, to be tempted as man, to suffer as man to die as man, he shall not sin, but for their sake, the spotless lamb will be sacrificed.
As a spotless lamb, he showed us it was possible to live without sin.
As a spotless lamb, when he was killed death had no claim to him, so he was resurrected
hence the phrase *you can't keep a good man down!"
therefore God has paid the penalty for your sin
this is the only way for him to do it, as he promised adam that man would die, and God can't lie.
Therefore by beleiving in Jesus and what he did for you, he is your saviour and he can wash away your sin, his blood was shed, like how the jews would shed a lambs blood for their sin
but his blood was shed for all men
This way
jews
gentiles
sikhs
bhuddists
and muslims can all be saved
by beleiving in him as your saviour he can wash your sins, and you can be ressurected, and live with him for ever
That's why he was crucified
God knew the hearts of men, he knew they would crucify his son,
but for you, it's a gift
stay blessed in Christ
2007-10-11 05:16:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
god made part of himself human so he could sacrifice himself to himself because that was the only way he could cancel a rule that he himself had made but didn't like any more.
2007-10-11 05:09:41 · answer #7 · answered by Dreamstuff Entity 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋