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Substitutionary Atonement

This theory makes Jesus into the sacrificial lamb of an ancient Jewish practice in which a lamb (or some other animal) was brought to the priest and was slaughtered — a practice they copied from heathen nations, not commanded by God. “For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices” (Jer 7:22)

Jesus was a type of sacrificial lamb

One problem with this theory is that God never was happy with the practice of animal sacrifice, in fact, he hated it from the very beginning. God did not accept their sacrifices as a expiation (the act of making amends for guilt). God preferred that men repented, forsook their sins and made peace with God directly.

But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. (Jer 7:22-23)

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Abstaining from Meat Part 1

Paul calls abstaining from meats a doctrine of devils and hypocritical lies. Paul went completely contradictory to the teachings of Jesus and his disciples. The Church uses the Christ’s teaching, that “nothing that goes into a man defiles him” to prove he taught that it is alright to eat flesh meat.

However, the majority of what Jesus and his disciples taught and lived show clearly that this could never have been what he was teaching. This was a false doctrine that Paul taught, knowingly, in contradiction to Jesus and his disciples. James, the brother of Jesus, was made the head of the Christian movement in Jerusalem by Jesus himself.

What Jesus was not only focused on was abolishing the cruel practice of sacrificing animals to eat the meat of their bodies, but the ritual itself, as a means of redemption. Animal sacrifice that the Jews practiced was a heathen practice they absorbed and modified that Jesus also came to do away with.  It seems animal sacrifice was, to him, not only a form of idolatry, but also cruelty to animals.

Opinion: It’s possible that Jesus considered the ritual of animal sacrifice as a form of idolatry. In the case of the Heathen, it was idolatry.

Paul belittled believers and called them “weak” because they didn’t have “faith” to eat the meat of animals. It seems that Paul thought it was alright to sit and eat meat offered to idols in order to “become one” with them in order to “win them” over to Christ.

Paul belittled believers and called them “weak” because they didn’t have “faith” to eat the meat of animals. It seems that Paul thought it was alright to sit and eat meat offered to idols in order to “become one” with them in order to “win them” over to Christ.

“I came to end the animal sacrifices, and if you do not stop making sacrifices, the wrath of God will not leave you alone.” (Gospel of the Hebrews) (Jesus, cited from Epiphanius, Panarion 3:16)

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What is Salvation All About?

A kind of Salvation different than what they expected

Jesus used the expression “everlasting life” more than he used “salvation” since it more accurately portrayed the reality of what he taught. The Jews lived in a time when they were under the oppression of the Romans and they were expecting a long awaited messiah that their scriptures prophesied would come who would deliver them out the the hands of their enemies.

However, though Jesus appeared to be that king and messiah that they were awaiting for God to send them, he didn’t come to bring them quite the type of “deliverance” that they had expected. He wasn’t exactly the kind of king most expected him to be. Unless of course, Jesus actually started a flame that ignited a war that was not recorded in the New Testament, like a lot of original passages that are missing from the Bible. There was the Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE) that destroyed Jerusalem. But I digress…

Jesus came to bring them the message of salvation rather than deliverance from their enemies. He came to teach them the way to obtain “everlasting life”. This is the kind of salvation that would be “lasting unto the age of the ages” as the expression is literally translated.

But the enemy Jesus came to deliver them from was not Rome, as we see from the history that was left to us. Jesus said that his kingdom wasn’t from this world. The real enemy Jesus came to deliver them from was the god of this world and their own sinful selves — and I might add the bondage to a law that was not written by God, but traditions of men.

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Abstaining from Meat Part 1

Paul calls abstaining from meats a doctrine of devils and hypocritical lies. Paul went completely contradictory to the teachings of Jesus and his disciples. The Church uses the Christ’s teaching, that “nothing that goes into a man defiles him” to prove he taught that it is alright to eat flesh meat.

However, the majority of what Jesus and his disciples taught and lived show clearly that this could never have been what he was teaching. This was a false doctrine that Paul taught, knowingly, in contradiction to Jesus and his disciples. James, the brother of Jesus, was made the head of the Christian movement in Jerusalem by Jesus himself.

What Jesus was not only focused on was abolishing the cruel practice of sacrificing animals to eat the meat of their bodies, but the ritual itself, as a means of redemption. Animal sacrifice that the Jews practiced was a heathen practice they absorbed and modified that Jesus also came to do away with.  It seems animal sacrifice was, to him, not only a form of idolatry, but also cruelty to animals.

Opinion: It’s possible that Jesus considered the ritual of animal sacrifice as a form of idolatry. In the case of the Heathen, it was idolatry.

Paul belittled believers and called them “weak” because they didn’t have “faith” to eat the meat of animals. It seems that Paul thought it was alright to sit and eat meat offered to idols in order to “become one” with them in order to “win them” over to Christ.

Paul belittled believers and called them “weak” because they didn’t have “faith” to eat the meat of animals. It seems that Paul thought it was alright to sit and eat meat offered to idols in order to “become one” with them in order to “win them” over to Christ.

“I came to end the animal sacrifices, and if you do not stop making sacrifices, the wrath of God will not leave you alone.” (Gospel of the Hebrews) (Jesus, cited from Epiphanius, Panarion 3:16)

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