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None of the Old Testament's sacrifices were restored to life, and in ;point of fact, quite a few of them were incinerated. Pieces and parts of some were even set aside to be eaten as sustenance for the Levitical priests and their families.
So, if the OT's sacrifices could obtain the mercy of God without bringing them back to life, why then wouldn't a dead Jesus be just as effective as a living Jesus?
The problem with previous stay-dead modes of sacrifice is that they couldn't expunge the people's personnel files; and those files are on track to be reviewed at the great white throne event depicted at Rev 20:11-15 where people will be thoroughly vetted for citizenship in the new cosmos depicted in the 21st chapter of Revelation.
If the records show that certain people are essentially undesirable --i.e. capable of terrible things, especially dishonesty --then they will be denied immigration to the new heavens, the new earth, and the holy city.
Christ's crucified body was restored to life in order to make it possible for God to expunge people's records.
● Rom 4:25 . . He was handed over for our transgressions, and was raised for our justification.
In other words; Christ's crucifixion was sufficient to obtain forgiveness for people's sins; but his crucifixion alone wasn't sufficient to make it possible for people to obtain an acquittal.
An acquittal can be defined as exoneration; viz: an adjudication of innocence, which is normally granted when there is insufficient evidence to convict. In other words: by means of Christ's resurrection, God was able to cook the books so that it appears people never did anything bad. On the surface; this looks very unethical, but from God's perspective it's all on the up and up.
This is a serious issue under the terms and conditions of the covenant that Yhvh's people agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The covenant's sacrifices obtained forgiveness for the people, but the sacrifices did not, and could not, obtain them exoneration. No, a record of their disobedience remained on the books, hanging over their heads like a sword of Damocles. Out ahead, at the Great White Throne event depicted at Rev 20:11-15, those books will be opened for review.
Q: Don't Catholics obtain exoneration when they go to confession?
A: The scope of the Roman church's reconciliatory process is somewhat limited. It's primarily designed for absolution (1John 1:9) i.e. while it forgives a sinner's debt to God's law, and cleanses what is sometimes called the stain of sin, it does nothing to expunge the sinner's record.
Now, the advantage of the kind of justification I'm talking about is that sinners need obtain it only once because from thence, God stops keeping records on them.
● 2Cor 5:19 . .God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them
Q: Don't Catholics obtain exoneration when they go to confession?
They might think they do, but do they forget all about restitution.?
10 hail mary's is not restitution.
Confession just means at least one other human knows my sin.
Its a lot easier to fool the god within than the God who looks through the eyes of another person...priest or not.
The bible says tell your sins to one another, no mention of clergy.
Real eyes realize real lies.
God resurrecting Jesus showed God's approval of what Jesus did - Hebrews 9:24
Unlike animal sacrifices, Jesus had a pre-human heavenly spirit life.
That is why God resurrected Jesus back into his spirit body.
It would be No reward for 'faithfulness until death' if there was No resurrection.
Please notice 1st Corinthians 15:12 to 19
God resurrecting Jesus showed God's approval of what Jesus did - Hebrews 9:24
Unlike animal sacrifices, Jesus had a pre-human heavenly spirit life.
That is why God resurrected Jesus back into his spirit body.
It would be No reward for 'faithfulness until death' if there was No resurrection.
Please notice 1st Corinthians 15:12 to 19
- CCC 1031 . . As for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire.
The "elect" spoken of in CCC 1031 need not be concerned about a purifying fire seeing as how God keeps no records of their faults; neither their lesser nor their greater.
● 2Cor 5:19 . .God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them
The word in Rom 4:25 is grammatically singular. i.e. it is not like this:
"He was raised for our justifications."
In other words: the innocence made available by Christ's resurrection is a permanent stamp of approval.
● Heb 10:14 . . For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.
"those who are sanctified" refers to the elect spoken of in CCC 1031, because the Greek word is hagiazo (hag-ee-ad'-zo) which essentially means to set something aside for God; i.e. consecrate and/or dedicate.
I think it goes without saying that people "perfected for all time" by Christ's crucifixion and his resurrection, would be overdone by additional purification; especially when not even God himself can find something in the elect requiring heat treatment.
● Rom 8:33 . .Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who acquits us.
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When Christ passed away on the cross, he was essentially the embodiment of every sin that the whole world ever committed in the past, every sin the whole world is now committing, and every sin that the whole world will ever commit in the future; which includes the sins of people not yet born. (Isa 53:1-6, John 1:29, 1John 2:2)
Now; here's my question. Did Jesus come back from death with those sins, i.e. how many sins of the whole world's sins did he retain unpunished?
Well; I think that both sides of the aisle can readily agree that Jesus came back from death with zero of the world's past, present, and future sins unpunished; yes? Yes.
Now, supposing I posit that God has devised an ingenious way to regard me as His son Jesus, i.e. when His son Jesus passed away on the cross, I too passed away. (Rom 6:3)
Were that so, then when His son Jesus rose from the dead, I too rose from the dead (Col 2:12). And if he rose from the dead with zero sins unpunished, then I too rose from the dead with zero sins unpunished; which would mean, of course, that I would retain zero sins requiring treatment in a cleansing fire; viz: a purgatory.
If you can appreciate how unreasonable and unnecessary it would be to subject God's son Jesus to a cleansing fire, then you can easily appreciate how unreasonable and unnecessary it would be to subject me to a cleansing fire.
I'd be more impressed if your hero j-man was still alive and still hanging on the cross sucking up sins like a true god could.
Sucking up sins is the false Christian gospel. Freely forgiving sin(error) without price is the true gospel, now that in my book is impressive . Christianity cries Crucify him for our sins ....... the one crucified cries forgive them, they don't know what they are doing.
Jesus was raised to validate His divinity and His mission, that is to save us from the penalty of sin and reunite us with our holy Creator.
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Re: Why Christ Didn't Stay Dead
