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Old 01-22-2009, 02:28 PM
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Re: Jesus forsaken?

My thoughts. As I said I think what was meant was Christ was made to be a sin offering.

My problem with HE was made Sin is, it does not make sense. Sin isn't a thing one can become. We can become sinners. The problem I see theologically is this tends to support the word of faith movement's assertion that Jesus had to spiritually die for us in order for us to be reconciled. That view has led some of them to assert Jesus went to hell and suffered.

If Jesus is God and Jesus literally was spiritually dead then that presents a theological conundrum. How can someone be God, and be separated from God? That is spiritual death, to be literally separated from the Life of God. Yet it is the life of God that makes the Son "God".

Also that division would also mean Christ was not only NOT God in nature but NOT God in person, but a separate Person.

The "sin offering" makes better sense. Also too "God treated him as though he were a sinner", but make more sense but still leads to the spiritual death conundrum.
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