re apr god s promise in john brian kendig writes lev for the life of the flesh is in the blood and i have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul the old testament was very big on the eye for an eye business it makes sense that leviticus would support physical injury to repay moral wrongdoing brian k guess what you missed the point on a scale from cold to hot you are at degrees kelvin i know about sanctification i ve been taught all about it in sunday school catechism class and theology classes but even after all that i still can t accept it maybe i m still not understanding it or maybe i m just understanding it all too well then as you understand it what is it from the bottom of my heart i know that the punishment of an innocent man is wrong yes i agree with that but what does that have to do with jesus punishment you say jesus did not regard his death as punishment i ve tried repeatedly over the course of several years to accept it but i just can t good i wouldn t either not the way you understand it if you can explain to me why the death of jesus was a good thing then i would be very glad to hear it and you might even convert me be warned however that i ve heard all the most common arguments before and they just don t convince me ask jesus himself he himself said why in john it isn t a mystery to anyone and there certainly is no need for a persuasive argument read jesus s own reply to your question jesus gives more reasons in john but one obvious reason why jesus died and as with everything else it has nothing do with his punishment was that he could rise to life again so that we would stop doubting and believe john the fact that jesus rose from the dead is my hope that i too will rise from the dead it is an obvious point do not overlook it without this obvious point i would have no hope and my faith would be vanity why did jesus suffer in his death again ask jesus jesus says why in john that s no mystery either the world hates him without reason it is a direct proclamation of how far we humans botch things up and thus how much we need a saviour and why can t you brian k accept this how can you the world cannot accept him because it neither sees him nor knows him john the animosity and the lack of knowledge that comes out in your twistings of robert s daily verses is very convincing testimony of the truth of john and i pray and hope that i do blurt out such animosity and lack of knowledge i am not perfect either but regardless of that i thank god that jesus revealed himself to me without whom i d also be bumbling about blindly though arrogantly slandering the very person who created me and who loves me
