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Tag Archives: punishment
If there is no Hell
I don’t believe that Hell exists. But IF it did exist, I know there would be millions of Christians there. The reason for this is because Jesus declared that only those who are righteous and do works of righteousness are allowed entry into the kingdom of Heaven. (Mat 25) According to Christology, if one is not saved he/she goes to Hell for an eternity. But where did this idea originate from? First off, how would one get saved to avoid the horrible fate of Hell?
According to “Paul’s Gospel” we are saved by God’s grace and mercy and not by works of righteousness which we have done. (Tit 3:5) And Paul also said, you are saved by grace through faith, and not of our works. (Eph 2:8-9) What’s more, not only is there the requirement that one believes in Jesus, but also one must believe, in his heart, that God raised Jesus from the dead (Rom 10:9) — even though it is extremely unlikely that he even died.
On the contrary, Jesus said that one must “keep the commandments to enter into life”. (Mat 19:16-22) Jesus equated perfection with giving all your riches to the poor. To enter into the kingdom of heaven, to Jesus’ disciples, that is what it meant to be saved (Mat 19:23-25). In a nutshell: It’s impossible to be saved unless you are righteous, do works of righteousness and give up all your worldly riches — plus doing the will of God (Mat 7:21, Lk 13:25).
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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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Isaiah 53
The so-called “Suffering Servant” story of Isaiah 53 has long been by considered Christologists to be a messianic prophecy, or about Jesus the Messiah. There are passages in this chapter that that sound like prophecies about the life and death of the Jesus. However, there are some very problematic parts of it that seem to make it impossible to be a prophecy about the future “sacrifice” of Jesus and more about the nation of Israel. Continue reading
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Lamb Of God Part 2
Is one’s sins forgiven and taken away or not?
This is very confusing. Is one’s sins forgiven and taken away or not? It seems that the bible says both. However, even though God and Jesus forgive sins, the bible shows that one must pay for his own sins. (See: Lamb of God Part 1) If there is no demand of punishment for offenses, then how is it that a man must reap what he sows, receive things done in his body whether good or bad, few or many stripes for unfaithfulness whether worthy of punishment or not? Continue reading
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The Lord’s Servant
Many or Few, Countable Words: Periods with an End — Not Eternal
Luke 12:47-48 speaks of the Lord punishing his servants at his return for them with “Many” or “Few” stripes. These words are countable, for example: Many could mean 100 and few could mean 10.
Whether you interpret the punishment as Hell or not, or whether you interpret servants to be believers or not, is beside the point. The point is that the “stripes” or punishment is countable which means that there is an end to the punishment — whatever punishment that is.
Punishment of Lord’s Servant Has an End — NOT Eternal
Christians believe there is an actual place called Hell and that’s where only unbelievers go — for eternity! However, Believers also may go to the same place as unbelievers, according to Jesus. The following verse is an example of just that:
The lord of that servant (a believer) will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. (Lk 12:46)
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