RE: The price of attonement???
March 30, 2013 at 2:39 pm
(This post was last modified: March 30, 2013 at 2:43 pm by Drich.)
(March 30, 2013 at 2:31 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Drich, I have a different Christology and so my answer may interest you. Jesus’ whole life was a process of atonement, from birth to death. He consistently sacrificed the will of his earthly flesh to the will of the Father. The Gospel record of this begins with His temptation in the wilderness. There He set aside the desires of His natural humanity. At crucifixion He set aside His physical manifestation. His victory consisted of His ability to love right up until the end. Because of He alone triumphed over the flesh, He can reassume flesh at will in a glorified state.
My Question is: Is this 'glorified state' still God?
(March 30, 2013 at 1:30 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I was thinking, why can't the collective suffering of humanity be an atonement to our sins in the next world?
Because that suffering is the product of sin. How can the Product of something unacceptable be may acceptable?
(March 30, 2013 at 2:38 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Was there ever any chance of sin on part of Jesus? Was it possible for Jesus to have sinned and gave into temptations?
Yes. Christ spent 40 days in the desert fasting and being tempted by Satan himself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temptation_of_Christ
