When you ask most
people who know about Jesus concerning His Mission, what you will be told in
one form or the other is that He came to the earth to die for the sins of mankind.
If one probes further they may explain that mankind have sinned against God and
because the wages of sin is death, Jesus came to die in the place of sinners.
The crucifixion of Jesus is explained as a propitiatory sacrifice meant to
appease God. In fact, many seriously believe that man’s salvation is predicated
on the sacrificial death of Christ! The adept will point to scriptures and
interpret such to the effect that the Almighty Himself made all the provision
for this sacrificial death of His Son as the best that can be pleasing and
acceptable to Him!
This thinking which
has prevailed for over 2000 years is questionable in the face of the statement
made by Jesus as He was nailed to the cross. He said “Father, forgive them; for
they know not what they do.”
The words “forgive
them” can only imply that the event under reference is wrong at the least. But
in reality the actions of that momentous Friday were sinful and an outrage
against the Father Who sent Jesus. The whole process that led to the crucifixion
was a show of hatred to a Person Who is Love Himself, mockery of justice
culminating in a most gruesome murder! Love and Justice are two attributes of
the Most High but the mindless hatred leading up to the mockery and trial of
Jesus all show an opposition of men to God’s Love and Justice! By the acts of
the majority of people, mankind shunned the Love that inclined to the earth in
the Person of the Son of God.
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