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To: Hank Kerchief;CCWoody;the grammarian;RnMomof7
Isaiah 53

5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. 8By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who among them considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due? 9And they made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 10Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand. 11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.

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Clearly this passage looks forward to the death of Jesus Christ. Christ's sacrifice is the fulfilment of all that was prefigured in the Levitical sacrifices. This text overturns Finneyism and responds to your post.

57 posted on 05/07/2002 7:12:00 PM PDT by drstevej
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To: drstevej;CCWoody;the grammarian;RnMomof7
So you do believe the atonement was transactional and that sins are "paid for" by a certain amount of suffering. You believe if Christ has suffered a little more, a few more people could have been saved, or, if He suffered a little less, a few less could have been saved. Is the correct?

Hank

61 posted on 05/07/2002 7:42:43 PM PDT by Hank Kerchief
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