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Does Jesus’ Death Really Matter? | TheBlaze.com

Posted by ssnyh 11 years, 7 months ago to Philosophy
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The questions I was looking for were not there. His death did provide salvation, but could he have achieved it in life? Was the crucifiction rather the alternative course for Jesus after He was not accepted by Israel?
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  • Posted by LionelHutz 11 years, 7 months ago
    Your question implies God tried plan A, failed, and resorted to plan B. If that's where you're at, you need to study the book some more. If your question wasn't answered on TheBlaze, I have no idea why you would think the Gulch might provide better info!
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    • Posted by ssnyh 11 years, 7 months ago
      A and then B is close enough to the general idea. Of course I'm very well familiar with the book, and it's full of plenty of conflicting prophesies just about Jesus (i.e., Isaiah 9:6-7, and Isaiah 53). I don't think it takes more than a layman like myself to figure that the difference between acceptance and rejection is each individual's ability to recognize what is in front of them.
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      • Posted by LionelHutz 11 years, 7 months ago
        Well, I'll let my parting words on this subject be that Jesus directly addressed the question you raised in Luke 24.

        And He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?” Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

        There was no "Lets try A and if that doesn't work, we'll go to plan B". One can see further evidence/hints of this in the symbolism behind the gifts that the wise-men gave him.

        ogr8bearded1 has it right.
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  • Posted by ogr8bearded1 11 years, 7 months ago
    In order to fill the Christian role of Messiah there was never any choice but death and resurrection in order to fulfill the prophecies in the Old Testament.

    The Jews of course deny he was the Messiah and are still awaiting the true one. How badly do they want the Messiah to arrive? Go watch Monty Python's Life of Brian :)
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 11 years, 7 months ago
    Actually, to achieve his mission and fulfill the prophecies, it *does* matter... without the ultimate "blood sacrifice" (research halacah, and the necessity of said blood sacrifice), salvation would not have occurred. Religion is indeed a touchy subject, but to those who are Christians, it is the core of the entire philosophy - that the sacrifice was made, and in so doing Jesus triumphed over said sacrifice by arising from the dead.
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