Hello Anthony,Sometimes people will take one aspect of biblical truth, and ignore other parts of the facts that make up that truth.
The cross is special and sacred to biblical Christians because we know that God ordained it to save us.
The questions that have been raised in a recent thread call historic basic beliefs into question.
Some have by word manipulation and doublespeak redefined biblical terms and suggested that we have it wrong!
Could the cross have been bypassed?
Could Jesus have come at a different time in history?
Could Jesus have come in our day and died of the corona virus?
Could Jesus have died of old age?
Could Jesus have died of cancer, a car crash, a plane crash, a mugging?
Some have suggested that He just had to die like we all do
That as the last Adam he just had to experience death as a generic, general offering, as a victim of wicked men, unrelated to wrath, or judgement of sins.
Do you believe that is the message of scripture?
Or is it a distortion and denial of the faith?
The Lord Himself told His disciples that He would be put to death by crucifixion. In the gospel of God concerning His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, emphasis is not on the cross itself, but the fact that He, 'died for our sins' (1 Corinthians 15:3). The teaching of the cross is directed to the saved, rather than to the sinner, in regard to deliverance from the world and the flesh.
* The cross was necessary, for the Lord Jesus Christ had to be made a curse:-
'Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law,
being made a curse for us:
for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: ... '
(Gal 3:13)
* The Lord Jesus Christ also came to confirm the promises made to the fathers, and therefore the prophecies concerning Him had to be fulfilled (Romans 15:8), which necessitated death by that means:-
'A bone of Him shall not be broken' (John 19:36) see (Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12) - In all things He was the antitype of the passover lamb.
'They shall look on Him Whom they pierced' (John 19:37) see Zechariah 12:10 - partially fulfilled at the cross: full fulfilment when grace and supplication is poured out upon Israel at the time of Christ's return.
* There are many others as you will know, but I do not have time to mention them all now.
Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris
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