Pastors killed Jesus in order to hijack the Church of God as their inheritance. Who exactly killed Jesus? Or more precisely, who sacrificed him and to whom? Most Christians seem to agree with the Old Testament notion that God is responsible for everything, including good and evil. Isaiah quotes God as saying: “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.” (Isaiah 45:7). Amos speaks in the same vein: “If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done it?” (Amos 3:6). However, Jesus brings an entirely different perspective. He tells us it is “the thief” that steals, kills and destroys. God, on the other hand, is the giver and restorer of life. (John 10:10). Since God does not kill, he would not kill Jesus, his only begotten son. But most Christians do not bother to listen to Jesus. They not only continue to insist that God killed Jesus; they even believe God sacrificed him. They say when Adam and Eve sinned; God sacrificed an animal to atone for their sins. This is really stretching it. The scripture says: “The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.” (Genesis 3:21). However, it is nakedness, not sin, which is covered with clothing. If their sin were thereby atoned for, how come Christians still claim the rest of mankind inherited their “original sin?” Soul Sacrifice In any case, sacrifices are offered to God: God himself does not sacrifice. We worship God: God does not worship himself. Therefore, it is nonsensical to presume that God would make a sacrifice to himself. Then there is the incongruity of the resurrection. If God sacrificed Jesus, he would not then raise him from the dead. God does not undo the work of his own hands. Solomon says: “Whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken from it.” (Ecclesiastes 3:14). How then are we to understand Isaiah who says: “It pleased the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand?” (Isaiah 53:10). The meaning of this scripture is highly disputed. The Jews, to whom the Hebrew Scriptures belong, insist Isaiah 53 is addressed to the Lord’s servant, who in the Old Testament is Israel. (Isaiah 41:8). However, Christians insist it refers to the Messiah, who we recognize as Jesus. In any case, Isaiah does not talk of blood sacrifice: he talks of “soul offering.” This shows he is only talking metaphorically. The soul is an inanimate, non- physical part of a man; so Isaiah’s soul sacrifice cannot mean the physical sacrifice of a human- being. Human sacrifice Moreover, Isaiah is a Jew, so he would never write about human sacrifice. Human sacrifice is the heathen way of worship; which is strictly forbidden in the Law of Moses. Moses says: “When the LORD your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you displace them and dwell in their land, take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.’ You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way; for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.” (Deuteronomy 12:29-31). Therefore, the human sacrifice of Jesus would be abomination to God. But in order to avoid this verdict, some Christians insist Jesus is not a man. However, Peter, a man who walked with Jesus says: “Jesus of Nazareth was a man.” (Acts 2:22). Paul says the same thing: “There is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man, Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:5). Most conclusive of all, Jesus himself says he is a man. (John 8:40). Vain worship Jesus would never propose the worship of God according to the pagan ways of the heathen. As a matter of fact, Jesus maintains God is not even interested in the Jewish practice of temple worship and sacrifice. He tells a Samaritan woman: “A time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:21/24).
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:10:31 +0000
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