Sentences with phrase «scapegoating sacrifice»

That is, the meaning of Jesus» death can be understood only in light of the prototypical «good bad thing» in human culture: scapegoating sacrifice.

We have gone astray if we think that God endorses the mechanism of scapegoating sacrifice and that the crucifixion is just the largest and most powerful example.

The terms and structure of scapegoating sacrifice are laid bare in the Bible.

Furthermore, the term «sin» in the Bible primarily refers to the sacred violence that has enslaved all of humanity in a never - ending cycle of rivalry, accusation, and scapegoating sacrifice.

It is Jesus who revealed the mimetic rivalry and the scapegoating sacrifices that both threaten and bind all human cultures, civilizations, religions, and relationships.

It is sort of confusing because the practice of «scapegoating» humans predates the scapegoat sacrifice, but we call it scapegoating because of the sacrifice.

Jesus fully exposed and unveiled the mystery of the scapegoat sacrifice by fully submitting Himself to it.

Often in the Old Testament and overwhelmingly in the New, mythology» the mechanics of scapegoat sacrifice» is penetrated.

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God is One Verse, Redeeming Scripture Bible & Theology Topics: Cain and Abel, forgiveness, Genesis 4, One Verse Podcast, sacrifice, scapegoating, sin, violence

God is Redeeming Books Bible & Theology Topics: blood of Jesus, Books by Jeremy Myers, Books I'm Writing, crucifixion of Jesus, law of Moses, Nothing But the Blood of Jesus, sacrifice, scapegoating, violence of Scripture

The whole idea of appeasing gods through sacrifice or scapegoating ones sins, even in the case of Jesus, is pretty ridiculous isn't it?

Jesus went willingly to the cross, not because a blood sacrifice was necessary to pay the penalty for sin, but because going to the cross unmasked the scapegoat mechanism, revealed the violence inherent within the heart of men, exposed the myth of redemptive violence, and brought an end to the war that men had waged on God for centuries.

And his way of giving life is to overthrow the religion of scapegoating and sacrifice» (McDonald, Violence & The Lamb Slain).

«And his way of giving life is to overthrow the religion of scapegoating and sacrifice.»

This always leads to violence which can only be quelled by us (with our mixed up thinking) by the sacrifice of a scapegoat.

Two identical males, one the scapegoat and the other a sacrifice for sin and uncleanness, go to their respective fates as determined by the priests.

Ah, well, when you're into scapegoating, you accept that sacrifices must be made.

In Nothing but the Blood of Jesus, J. D. Myers shows how the death of Jesus on the cross reveals the truth about the five concepts of sin, law, sacrifice, scapegoating, and bloodshed.

The averted sacrifice of Isaac; the prophets» condemnation of scapegoating the widow, the weak or the foreigner; the story of Job; the Psalms» obsession with the innocent victim of collective violence; the passion narratives» transparent account of Jesus» death; the confessions of a new community that grew up in solidarity around the risen crucified victim: all these follow a constant thread.

Jesus is the victim who will not stay sacrificed, whose memory is not erased and who forces us to confront the reality of scapegoating.

The sacrifice of one person as a scapegoat discharges the pending acts of retribution.

Five mp3 audio downloads based on the five key terms of the book (Sin, Law, Sacrifice, Scapegoat, Blood)

Aaron, spiritual leader and High Priest, would select two goats designating one as a sacrifice for God while the other — designated by a red string tied around its neck — had the distinct misfortune of representing the nation's sins and was cast off the precipice of a cliff; the original scapegoat.