For many years I have tried to figure out why a man would need to be nailed to a cross "a tree", to give me salvation. The only reason I could come up with is that he had to die in order to be resurrected and return to heaven in a body.
The nailing to a tree by man was simply a horrible eternal curse on all of us.
Our salvation can be found through spirit and through the truth in His words.
Now there is a reason for him being tortured. "By his stripes, we were healed".
Him feeling all of the pain of physical, emotional, and spiritual torture allowed him to understand the sufferings of man and to have compassion for our sufferings and pain and thus he will heal us if we ask.
Also, early pictures of the crucifixion show Him being nailed to a post, not a cross. People should beware that the cross is not their salvation. It is the man before he was nailed to a cross is our salvation.
Please point out the defects in my reasoning. Thanks.
The nailing to a tree by man was simply a horrible eternal curse on all of us.
Our salvation can be found through spirit and through the truth in His words.
Now there is a reason for him being tortured. "By his stripes, we were healed".
Him feeling all of the pain of physical, emotional, and spiritual torture allowed him to understand the sufferings of man and to have compassion for our sufferings and pain and thus he will heal us if we ask.
Also, early pictures of the crucifixion show Him being nailed to a post, not a cross. People should beware that the cross is not their salvation. It is the man before he was nailed to a cross is our salvation.
Please point out the defects in my reasoning. Thanks.