Did Jesus die for our sins???
How can Christians be sure that they are saved when Jesus himself
made statements declaring we are headed for Hell?
" But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be liable to the hell of fire . "[ Matthew 5:22]
Surely most of us have said bad words now and then, therefore according to Jesus , most of us will taste the Fires of Hell and are not Free from punishment according to Jesus .
How can a Christians be sure they are saved when Jesus repeatedly says that with a sinning eye or a sinning hand , We Will Go to Hell?
" And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire " [Mark 9:47]
How can Christians be sure they are saved when Jesus says that we will hold an account for our words:
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. [Matthew 12:36]
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. [Hebrews 13:4]
Who are the people that will pay account for their wicked ways?
If those didn't accept Jesus sacrifice, then they will have a direct one way ticket to hell. So why would God judge them or why would they pay an account? They are already going to hell, so why the account?
If those people accepted Jesus Sacrifice, then where does Jesus sacrifice stand?
Did Jesus fulfill the criteria to be a sacifical lamb for sins forgiving?
Jesus must have fulfilled the full criteria of lamb sacrifice depicted in the OT, but did he????
A sacrificial lamb must be one year old [Numbers 7:16]
The lamb is to be sacrificed in the evening [Exodus 12:6]
A sacrificial lamb must be unblemished [Exodus 12:5]
Christians in order to solve the discrepancy found in [John 19:36-37], they lined a bunch of meaningless words found in Exodus 12:8-9 and Exodus 12:46 talking about the sacrificial lamb that shouldn't be boiled or cooked in parts; rather it was to be roasted whole; no bones were to be broken:
Now they saw this criterion of the lamb and match it with Jesus but refused to admit and to see the other criteria of the lamb.
Why is the New Testament so concerned about the laws of the lamb when it comes to the second half of Exodus 12:46, but not at all concerned with these laws when it comes to Exodus 12:3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,44, the first half of 46, or 48?
Why do Christians never mention verses like Hosea 14.2 or 1 Kings 8:44-52 or 2 Sam 12:13 or Leviticus 5:11-13 or Psalms 32.5 or Isaiah 6.6-7 which demonstrate that one does not need a blood sacrifice to have their sins forgiven, or verses like Proverbs 21.3 or Psalms 40.6 or Hosea 6.6 or Psalms 69:30-31 or 1 Samuel 15.22 which say clearly that God actually PREFERS other methods of atonement to blood sacrifice, or Jeremiah 7:22-23 which goes so far as to say that God NEVER EVEN COMMANDED US ABOUT SACRIFICES???
Why are there numerous stories in the Old Testament of people who sinned, and were forgiven through prayer and repentance WITHOUT A SACRIFICE, such as David in 2 Sam 12:13, or the city of Nineveh in Jonah?
What good is Jesus as a sin sacrifice when sin sacrifices were only for the unintentional sinner? (Leviticus 4: 2,13,22,27; 5:15,1: 18
When Jesus told his followers that he must go to Jerusalem to suffer, Peter protests, "GOD forbid it lord, this shall never happen to you." [Matthew 16:22].
Peter didn't joyfully exclaim: Praise GOD, you are the suffering servant of Isaiah 53!
Why was this idea of a dying Messiah new to Peter? Had he forgotten the message of Isaiah 53 which every child knew? Do you find it rather hard to believe that in the first century, with Messianic fervor raging everywhere, that the followers of a presumed Messiah would not understand their own Scriptures, especially those referring to the Messiah who would be killed and resurrected?
How could the followers of a presumed Messiah have overlooked something as important in their Scriptures as the death of the coming Messiah?
The Disciples who were pious Jews never knew that the Messiah was supposed to suffer.
Jesus' enemies, such as Herod [Matthew 2] and the Jews certainly didn't think that the Messiah was supposed to be killed, otherwise why help his cause by trying to kill him!?
People expected the Messiah to rule as a king over a restored Israel in an age of universal peace and belief.
We prefer the Jesus way of salvation not the pagan one of crucified god:
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying,
"Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus said "What is written in the law? How do you read?"
And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all
your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."
And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will
live." [Luke 10:25-28]
And we also the Bible way of forgiving sins:
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
[2 Chronicles 7:14]
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. [Proverbs 21:3]
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. [Jeremiah 36:3]
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. [Isaiah 55:7].
"It has been told you, O' man, what is good, and what the LORD does require of you, only to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God". [Micah 6:8]
"Then I acknowledged my sin to You; I did not cover up my guilt... and You forgave the guilt of my sin." [Psalm 32:5]
"And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me." [Jeremiah 33:8]
'The LORD is slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression” [Numbers 14:18].
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. [Hosea 6:6]
Finally I just want to share with you my Biblical view on this passage:
"Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them. And last of allhe sent his son to them, saying, "They will respect my son. But when the wine dressers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come let us kill him and seize his inheritance.' So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him." [Matthew 21:33-39]
The church keeps telling us that: landowner= God, vineyard= Earth, vinedressers= man (humans), servants= prophets of God, son= Jesus.
The Landowner did not send his son to be sacrificed, he sent his son to get his fruit [Matthew 21:34]. The Land owner did not expect the vinedressers to kill his son, the intension to send out his son was not to be killed. The landowner says; "they will respect my son" [Matthew 21:37], they won't kill him.
Therefore this contradicts the Christian point of view that Jesus was sent specifically to be killed for sins, while the Land owner's intension was to send the son to reap (fruit {worship} from the earth), not to be killed.