sacrifice
Studies on sacrificial themes, covenant, substitution, and fulfillment in Christ.
Making Atonement For Unintentional Sins? Paid Members Public
Some may argue that the Servant of Isaiah only atones for unintentional sins since Isaiah 53:10 describes his death as an asham (“guilt offering”). This is the term which Leviticus employs for the offerings made for unintentional sins: “The LORD said to Moses: ‘When anyone is unfaithful to the
Allah’s Need for Human Sacrifice to Appease Hell’s Angelic Ruler Paid Members Public
In this post I am going to prove from the Islamic sources that Allah pays a sacrificial ransom to a created spirit being to procure the release of Muslims from hell. The Command For Blood According to the Quran Allah commanded that all the nations offer blood sacrifices: In them
Atonement in Luke-Acts Pt. 5 Paid Members Public
I now come to the final segment of my analysis of Luke’s theology of atonement (/2019/10/30/atonement-in-luke-acts-pt-4/). Drinking from the Cup of God and Being Delivered unto the Gentiles Luke provides further clues that Jesus’ death is substitutionary in nature. Christ and his followers spoke of his
Where’s the Blood? Responding to Another Muslim Ruse Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue from where I previously left off (/2019/09/29/wheres-the-blood-responding-to-another-muslim-ruse-pt-1/). The Lord Jesus continued the tradition of the Hebrew Bible by pointing to the need of substitutionary atonement for the remission of sins. This can be from the following parable of our Lord: “And he spake also unto
Where’s the Blood? Responding to Another Muslim Ruse Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
It’s become fashionable for Muslim polemicists to cite specific biblical texts, which seem to deny the necessity of atoning sacrifices for the forgiveness of sins. The following is one of the passages that Islamic apologists appeal to: “The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the
Atonement in Luke-Acts Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue my rebuttal to a Muslim greenhorn who attempted to show that Luke-Acts do not have a theology of substitutionary atonement (/2019/09/13/atonement-in-luke-acts-pt-1/). The Scholarly views concerning the death of Christ in Luke-Acts Here is the list of scholarly opinions concerning Luke’s depiction of Jesus’ death:
Islam’s Doctrine of Imputation of Righteousness and Vicarious Death Paid Members Public
In this post, I am going to demonstrate that the primary source documents of Islam affirm vicarious sacrifices, substitutionary atonement and the imputation of a person’s righteous deeds to the account of another. For example, I’ve already mentioned the so-called authentic narrations of Muhammad where he claims that
Can the death of a human being make atonement for sins? Paid Members Public
This short post is intended to supplement the following article where I documented from the Hebrew Bible that God does in fact accept human “sacrifice” as a means of atonement, specifically the death of the wicked: “Judaism and Human Sacrifice as a Means of Atonement” (https://www.answeringislam.net/Responses/