Reflections Along the Jesus Way
October 17, 2024 – Quote for the Day:
“… many people have been deceived into thinking that Jesus came to this earth to ‘satisfy’ the wrath of God. His honor has been offended – his holiness has been wounded – he was outraged by the behavior of Adam and Eve, and all humans that followed them – and blood had to be spilled to vindicate God.
The idea that many have, within the family of what we call Christian churches, is that God’s wrath was somewhat like that of a parent who finally loses his patience with a young child. So, the idea is that the Cross of Christ was necessary to keep God the Father, the mad Dad, the vindictive, upset and wrathful divine Father, from going ballistic.
God’s wrath, says such a viewpoint, meant that justice had to be done. To save you and me, Jesus had to ‘come down here’ and first of all become one of us, and then, having done so, as not simply a human, but the God-man, he then became a blood sacrifice to satisfy God the Father.”
Originally published in:
Spiritual Soup for the Hungry Soul, Volume 1
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