Question by Marcus wants meat: Why was a bloody execution required for our salvation?
How does spilling blood absolve me of the consequences and especially responsibility of my acts?
This seems to me a perverse, immoral and barbaric idea. From a time in the infancy of our species when human sacrifice was required to balance the scales imagined by holy men and shamans.
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Answer by Muldah
The penalty for sin is death. But out of love for his creation, God sent his perfect and innocent Son to die for us so that we could live forever.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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1Cr 1:18 ¶ For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
1Cr 1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
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Think of it not as a literal payment for your sins and mine, but a testimonial from God that She loves us THIS MUCH.
I agree with your point. The only way the crucifixion makes sense is if it’s a metaphor for God’s love that will never ever let us go.
Also, don’t lose sight of the other fact, mainly that God chose not us might to win, but yielding in love, he allowed might to have its day, in full confidence that at the end of the cosmic day, love trumps violence. Letting go is the solution to so many of our own problems, by the way, so the crucifixion, extreme as it is, stands as a metaphor for what wins. Losing in love is still winning.
yes, all that suffering and pain and agony merrited a church load of sacraments that when utilized give sanctifying grace, so you can save your soul. Jesus did his part, now you and I have to do ours. His death and suffering is not your escape from running the race, and perservering to the end.
It doesn’t, and you’re correct. It is a medieval myth, and since it is basically the story of the Egyptian God Horus word for word, you can expect it to be a little outdated, even beyond those two thousand years when Christianity first came about.
Romans 3:25
God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—
Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
that’s a very good question!
we hear about Jesus on the cross all the time but
we need to understand why God demands payment for sin.
http://www.gotquestions.org/Christianity-bloody.html
here’s a little taste of the full article-
Also, because God is just, sin requires a penalty. God cannot merely forgive in mercy until the demands of justice have been met. Thus the need for a sacrifice before forgiveness is possible. The shedding of the blood of animals, as Hebrews points out, could only “cover” sin for a time (Hebrews 10:4) until the intended and sufficient sacrifice was made in Christ’s atoning death. Thus, Christianity is different from other bloody religions in that it alone provides a sufficient sacrifice to take care of the sin problem.
God is just and therefore takes sin very seriously-
blood must be shed (death must occur) to pay the price for sin
instead of us dying (as we deserve) Jesus paid our debt when he suffered the cross
all who acknowledge that and follow Him in humble gratitude
are washed clean by His blood and we are ‘new creations’ in Gods’ eyes:)
I for one and very grateful!
Only God knows . There is life in the blood.