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FAQ: Was it really necessary to restore Jesus' crucified dead body to life?
REPLY: Jesus' crucifixion made it possible for everyone to obtain a pardon per Isa
53:6. However, his crucifixion alone wouldn't have cleared them, viz: it would've
left the record of their wrongs intact.
For example when folks pay fines for traffic violations, they satisfy the law's
requirement for retribution, but fines don't clear people's names, viz: their
violations remain on the books as a matter of record. Another example is the
pardon that former US President Gerald Ford gave former US President Richard
Nixon. The pardon kept Nixon out of prison, but he's still known in history as a
crook because the pardon didn't clear his name.
The thing is: books are to be opened at the great white throne event depicted by
Rev 20:11-15. Jesus' resurrection makes it possible for God to wipe those records
so that on the books it will look as though people have never been anything but
100% innocent.
● Rom 4:25 . . He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for
our justification.
The Greek word translated "justification" in that passage means acquittal; roughly
defined as an adjudication of innocence due to lack of sufficient evidence to convict,
viz: exoneration.
In other words: by means of Christ's crucifixion & his resurrection, God closes the
believer's case and it's never reopened-- not because it's a cold case, but because
all charges against them-- those past, those now, and those future --went to the
cross laid on Christ and when he came back from the dead, none of those charges
came back with him: they're gone.
● 2Cor 5:19 . . God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting
their trespasses against them. (cf. Jer 31:34)
The Greek word translated "counting" pertains to keeping an inventory, i.e. an
indictment. Well; without an indictment, the great white throne will have no cause
to proceed with a trial.
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FAQ: Was it really necessary to restore Jesus' crucified dead body to life?
REPLY: Jesus' crucifixion made it possible for everyone to obtain a pardon per Isa
53:6. However, his crucifixion alone wouldn't have cleared them, viz: it would've
left the record of their wrongs intact.
For example when folks pay fines for traffic violations, they satisfy the law's
requirement for retribution, but fines don't clear people's names, viz: their
violations remain on the books as a matter of record. Another example is the
pardon that former US President Gerald Ford gave former US President Richard
Nixon. The pardon kept Nixon out of prison, but he's still known in history as a
crook because the pardon didn't clear his name.
The thing is: books are to be opened at the great white throne event depicted by
Rev 20:11-15. Jesus' resurrection makes it possible for God to wipe those records
so that on the books it will look as though people have never been anything but
100% innocent.
● Rom 4:25 . . He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for
our justification.
The Greek word translated "justification" in that passage means acquittal; roughly
defined as an adjudication of innocence due to lack of sufficient evidence to convict,
viz: exoneration.
In other words: by means of Christ's crucifixion & his resurrection, God closes the
believer's case and it's never reopened-- not because it's a cold case, but because
all charges against them-- those past, those now, and those future --went to the
cross laid on Christ and when he came back from the dead, none of those charges
came back with him: they're gone.
● 2Cor 5:19 . . God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting
their trespasses against them. (cf. Jer 31:34)
The Greek word translated "counting" pertains to keeping an inventory, i.e. an
indictment. Well; without an indictment, the great white throne will have no cause
to proceed with a trial.
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