genuineoriginal
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I would be curious if any of our "Jesus is not God" folk on this board are also Open Theists, because the Open Theist premise eventually leads to "Jesus is God" as well.
The bible doesn't speak of a Trinity let alone say that we should believe in one.
I consider myself to be an Open Theist, but do not see how Open Theism could lead to "Jesus is God".
1) Do you believe that the Messiah was prophesied before the birth of Jesus?1) Do you believe that the Messiah was prophesied before the birth of Je
sus?
2) Do you understand that the Messiah also needed to fulfill the role of the Passover Lamb?
3) Could the sacrifice for the sin of mankind have sin (blemish) and still fulfill that role?
I'll continue but I'd like your answers for those first.
Yes, that is indisputable.
Luke 24:27 27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. |
2) Do you understand that the Messiah also needed to fulfill the role of the Passover Lamb?
Yes, but how the Messiah fulfilled the role of Passover Lamb may be up to some debate.
1 Corinthians 5:7 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: |
3) Could the sacrifice for the sin of mankind have sin (blemish) and still fulfill that role?
The Passover sacrifice was not a sacrifice for sin, but did need to be without blemish.
Exodus 12:5,7,12-13 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: 7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. |