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sacrifices his own
son in place
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For comparison, «
sacrifice»
of a «
son» by an «omnipotent» «god» as a requirement to «save» anyone is complete nonsense, as is the entire Christian religion.
But the key is to respond positively
for this great unconditional
sacrifice and demonstration
of such a great love by God himself — the author
of love and forgiveness — through his
Son Jesus Christ.
Regarding your second fold, God Himself is unchanging; it is out
of His Grace that He kept renewing His Covenants with man who could not keep and broke them until He (God) made the «Ultimate Provision»
for our redemption by the «Ultimate
Sacrifice»
of His only begotten
Son, the «Passion
of the Lord Jesus Christ,» the «New Covenant,» the «Good News» — Salvation, hence, the method
of redemption is what changed.
I applaud what he is doing and hope that he brings others to God throught the torture and bloody human
sacrifice of his
son (himself, actually) where he died (well,
for a few hours anyway)
for us all (at least so the story goes) so that we may live with him in heaven (a great place
for which no evidence or photographs exist) until the end
of time.
The grace
of the father in heaven is the offering
of his
son Jesus as a
sacrifice for us all.
You mean as part
of what it means to make
sacrifices the greatest
of which being God having to make the greatest
sacrifice of all that unlike Abraham who was at the last minute spared from having to make the
sacrifice of his beloved
son Isaac, God on the other hand due to his love
for all
of us imperfect beings had to actually
sacrifice his beloved
son.
If God spares nothing, not even his beloved
son,
for the sake
of his enemies, ought we not
sacrifice ourselves
for the other, even the enemy?
God the Father accepts his
Son's
sacrifice of love
for all humanity as an apology
for all the sins
of the world.
A more moving portrayal
of the meaning
of child
sacrifice to a good father could hardly have been written than this story furnishes; the profound loyalty involved in child
sacrifice, holding nothing back that religious obligation might require, is recognized; and the story's obvious objective is reached when «Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up
for a burnt - offering in the stead
of his
son.»
Again, it is a lamb which Abraham substitutes
for the
sacrifice of his only
son, Isaac.
(Exodus 34:19, 20; cf. Numbers 18:15) In one place, however, the original demand
for the
sacrifice of first - born
sons, as
of firstborn beasts, stands not only unmistakable in meaning but unrelieved by any exception: «The first - born
of thy
sons shalt thou give unto me.
So long as Christianity knows the Crucifixion as a vicarious
sacrifice for a totally guilty humanity, as the innocent
sacrifice of the eternal
Son of God to a just but merciful Father, it can never celebrate the definitive victory
of the Crucifixion;
for such a redeemed humanity remains in bondage to the transcendent Judge, and must continue to be submissive to his distant and alien authority, ever pleading
for mercy when it falls away from his absolute command.
But he is no zealot, eager to practice child -
sacrifice or insensitive to the horror involved; this we learn from the austere, steady, and dignified way he proceeds, as indicated by the simplicity, compactness, and austerity
of the verbs used to recount his actions: He arose, saddled (his ass), took (two youths with him and Isaac his
son), cleaved (wood
for the burnt - offering), rose up and went.
When you have a world filled with liars and adulterers and murderers and greed and selfishness (even though we know what's right and what's wrong but we do it anyway) and the God that created you loves you so much that he needs to
sacrifice his
Son for all
of us who have not kept his Law, in order to wipe out those terrible sins, then you should be praying that you're counted as one who kept his Laws.
By showing his willingness to
sacrifice what is his
for what is right and good, he also puts his
son on the proper road
for his own adulthood — the true test
of the good father.
Not only in the glory
of creation» these mountains, this lake, this great night sky
of the Alps» and not only in his misericordia did God share with us insight into the special characteristics
of his love, but also in sending us a human model
of it in sending us his
Son, who called us his friends, and
sacrificed his life
for us.
Also,
for the first time, Abraham is told that his seed shall be victorious in wars with its enemies — which means,
of course, that there will be later need
for God - fearing men to
sacrifice their
sons, this time in battle; in the absence
of fathers who are willing to pay such a price, God's way on earth can not survive in the world against its enemies.
When God commanded Abraham to
sacrifice his
son Isaac, it was not just to see if Abraham was faithful enough to follow his commandment, it was also symbolic
of the
sacrifice God himself would make in
sacrifice his beloved and begotten
son, but unlike Abraham who was spared at the last moment from carrying through with the
sacrifice of his
son, God the father actually carried through with the
sacrifice and although it wasn't permanent it still did not mean that there was no anguish, it doesn't matter how brief it was, if it was enough
for divine and eternal beings to have to go through such heartache, all
of which
for our lowly sakes, in my view that is quite significant and I believe that such suffering is actually beyond mine or anyone else's comprehension.
Certainly he told the people that the
sacrifices of animals he offered were worthless in itself, and only valuable, if they would be considered as a reminder
for the future
sacrifice of the
Son of God, the only
sacrifice which can take away sins.
Christians worship a god who,
for some reason, decided that he must
sacrifice his
son, so he could forgive the imperfectness
of humans that he made to be imperfect.
How can a book, even the Book, substitute
for the clear and concrete symbolism
of sacrifice on the part
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Son of God, who became flesh and suffered on the cross
for our sake?
Indeed, it took the
sacrifice of God's own
Son to pay the sin debt that you owed to atone
for the wicked deeds that you have done against God.
1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty
for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils
of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty
for a rebellious
son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules
for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death
for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure
for animal
sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death
for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death
for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death
for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse
for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible
for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws
of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast
for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death
for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed
for the sins
of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide
for your family, you are an infidel)
In Christianity, and Christianity alone, all these negative elements
of pagan mythology are stripped away, and we are told that God loves us so much, that He does not want us to
sacrifice our own children, but instead, He will
sacrifice His own
Son for us.
There is only one Jesus Christ, and Mormons believe that He is the
Son of God, the Savior
of the world, and that it is only through Him and his love and
sacrifice for us that we can be saved.
If we trade the promise
of eternal life
for pleasures
of this world, there is no more
sacrifice for us because to come back into the covenant again one would have to crucify the
Son of God again.
The Mosque
of Omar, as it is also known, is built on the place where traditionally Abraham had tried to
sacrifice his
son Isaac / Ishmael and from where the Prophet Muhammad (570 - 632 CE) set out
for his ascent to the seventh heaven).
Why did we take the privilege
of sacrificing him as an offering or were we repeating the crime
of the
Sons of Adam when Cain killed his brother in jealousy about some
sacrifice offerings that were made and was accepted by God
for Cain's brother but not to Cain him self?
He gave his
Son out
of love
for us, as a
sacrifice for our sins, to buy back what Adam had lost.
Unlike the Christian god that wouldn't ever change his mind or doctrine... except
for cursing the world
for eating an apple... except
for telling Abraham to
sacrifice his
son, but then stopping him... and except for killing nearly all life on Earth and then because of the guilt says I'll never to do that ever again - in exactly that way... and except for deciding that 2 of himself (Father and Spirit) weren't enough any more, and creating / fathering / spiriting as Son... and except for forgiving all sin, when «In the beginning» he had cursed the universe for the eating of an apple, by having his creation torture and kill his only begotten Son... and except for having to repeat himself about the unchanging eternal rules, to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Saul / Paul, Mohammed, Joseph Smith, Bahá «u «lláh, David Koresh, and a whole host of others... and except for... and except for
son, but then stopping him... and except
for killing nearly all life on Earth and then because
of the guilt says I'll never to do that ever again - in exactly that way... and except
for deciding that 2
of himself (Father and Spirit) weren't enough any more, and creating / fathering / spiriting as
Son... and except for forgiving all sin, when «In the beginning» he had cursed the universe for the eating of an apple, by having his creation torture and kill his only begotten Son... and except for having to repeat himself about the unchanging eternal rules, to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Saul / Paul, Mohammed, Joseph Smith, Bahá «u «lláh, David Koresh, and a whole host of others... and except for... and except for
Son... and except
for forgiving all sin, when «In the beginning» he had cursed the universe
for the eating
of an apple, by having his creation torture and kill his only begotten
Son... and except for having to repeat himself about the unchanging eternal rules, to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Saul / Paul, Mohammed, Joseph Smith, Bahá «u «lláh, David Koresh, and a whole host of others... and except for... and except for
Son... and except
for having to repeat himself about the unchanging eternal rules, to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Saul / Paul, Mohammed, Joseph Smith, Bahá «u «lláh, David Koresh, and a whole host
of others... and except
for... and except
for...
He then culminated the symbol in the willful giving
of his
son as an ending
sacrifice for all the sins and misgivings
of mankind.
In my book Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation, I point out that in the original Hebrew version the word
for «the Lord» that calls Abraham to
sacrifice his
son is very different than the word
for the angel
of God (YHVH) who tells Abraham to NOT GO THROUGH WITH IT, and that the reason we Jews celebrate Abraham as the father of our people is NOT because of his faith in being willing to carry out this violent and bloody act, but rather because he was able to hear the voice of God as a voice that allowed him (and through him all subsequent Jewish and Muslim believers) to NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE OF GO
of God (YHVH) who tells Abraham to NOT GO THROUGH WITH IT, and that the reason we Jews celebrate Abraham as the father
of our people is NOT because of his faith in being willing to carry out this violent and bloody act, but rather because he was able to hear the voice of God as a voice that allowed him (and through him all subsequent Jewish and Muslim believers) to NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE OF GO
of our people is NOT because
of his faith in being willing to carry out this violent and bloody act, but rather because he was able to hear the voice of God as a voice that allowed him (and through him all subsequent Jewish and Muslim believers) to NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE OF GO
of his faith in being willing to carry out this violent and bloody act, but rather because he was able to hear the voice
of God as a voice that allowed him (and through him all subsequent Jewish and Muslim believers) to NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE OF GO
of God as a voice that allowed him (and through him all subsequent Jewish and Muslim believers) to NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE
OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE OF GO
OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE
OF GO
OF GOD.
My brother
sacrificed a huge offering to a certain ministry and packed up and allowed his successful business to be ran by someone else to be part
of that ministry and about lost his business; and his
son to this day was so damaged by that «ministry» that he is not even living
for Christ anymore, years later.
We turn in a special way to Our Blessed Lady who at the foot
of the Cross offered Her Divine
Son in
sacrifice for poor sinners.
Also, death came swiftly
for the
sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu,
for mixing incense» the profane with the holy» at the altar
of sacrifice (Lev.
But, the point is, all 3 Persons
of the Trinity, The Father, The
Son, and the Holy Spirit, all agreed that the
Sacrifice of Jesus's blood was the only way
for sin to be forgiven, and
for the debt to be paid
for, so we didn't have to face the judgment that our sins deserve, an eternity in a lake
of fire.
God, our Father in Heaven does not play aroud, He already
sacrificed His own
Son for the sake
of mankind, Jesus offered Himself to die
for us.
The way is dark with suffering,
sacrifice, and the death
of God's
son for our sakes.
Read the Christian Greek Scriptures (or New Testament) and you will find that God has cast
of the Nation
of Israel
for a new Israel, a Spiritual Israel, made up
of peoples
of all nations... the requirement being that they believe that Jesus is the
Son of God, and that they believe in the Ransom
Sacrifice that He made
for all the people
of the earth.
God is utterly beyond the finite universe, yet out
of love He has entered into time to prove His limitless love
for sinners in the
sacrifice of His
Son.
The story tells about the only
son of God, who is God's
sacrifice for the world.
Jesus is the
son of God, whose coming was foreshadowed by the call
for Isaac to be
sacrificed and by the many specific burnt offerings you mentioned.
The shadow he sees at the altar is
of Isaac carrying the wood
for his own
sacrifice, and this figure is transformed in an instant into Christ on the cross: one
son saved, the other
sacrificed in order to rise «from the stink /
of death, promising to lift us with him.»
But again the point
of Jesus dying isn't that God requires a
sacrifice but rather the point is that God loves us so much that he was willing to send His
son to die
for us
No, before Jesus every one that commited a sin had to sacrife a sheep or alike depending on their situation and offer it to God, but since people constantly were commiting sins on the eyes
of God he planned sending his
son Jesus as the perfect
sacrifice for us and to save us
for the eternity since as he is perfect in everything and the only way to get us close to God is by Jesus and his love to all
of us not to go to hell but to proceed to repent and follow his commandments
It was also a model
of the Christ who would come (God's firstborn) and the
Son of God who would indeed be
sacrificed for the sin
of the world.
But then something happened,... God asked Abraham to take his one and only
son, the
son that Abraham had waited 100 years
for, the only
son of his inheritance, God asked Abraham to take that
son, and go offer him up as a
sacrifice on an altar.
Blessings on the blossoms, Blessing on the fruits, Blessings on the leaves and stems, Blessings on the roots, Loving hands together as we say, Blessings on our meal, And our time together,
For all blessings come from the Lord Almighty Thank you for the sacrifice of your Son, For without Christ, we have no hope of redemption In your Son's most precious and Holy name, Am
For all blessings come from the Lord Almighty Thank you
for the sacrifice of your Son, For without Christ, we have no hope of redemption In your Son's most precious and Holy name, Am
for the
sacrifice of your
Son,
For without Christ, we have no hope of redemption In your Son's most precious and Holy name, Am
For without Christ, we have no hope
of redemption In your
Son's most precious and Holy name, Amen.
Whether friend or foe, we all fall short
of the glory
of God The gift
of the
sacrifice of God's
son saved everyone who belives Jesus died
for all and resurrected from death., thereby defeating death
of the soul caused by sin Salvation can not be earned It is the gift
of God As
for why God allowed the Egyptians to die, God saved his chosen people from certain death by killing those who would surely cause the same.