Did Jesus Have to Die to Save Us?

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He is perfect.

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"Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool." --- Voltaire

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LEVITICUS 16:7-10,15-16,20-22 , " 7.And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
8And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
9And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.
10But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
15.Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
16And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
20.And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
21And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
22And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
THE GOAT FOR THE LORD REPRESENTS JESUS CHRIST DYING FOR THE SIN THAT ADAM PUT ON ALL MEN . WE ALL COME FROM THE SEED OF ADAM ; SO WHEN ADAM BROKE THE COMMANDMENT THAT BRINGS ON DEATH , HIS SEED WAS CONDEMNED TO THAT SAME DEATH ; WHICH IS THE DEATH OF THE GRAVE : THAT IS WHY A NEW BORN BABY CAN DIE , NEVER DURING ANYTHING GOOD OR EVIL .
THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS THE BLOOD , SO BLOOD HAD TO BE SHED BY SOMEONE STILL PERFECT BEFORE THE LORD ( FATHER ) , TO RECOVER THE ONE CONDEMNED TO THE GRAVE .
THAT IS WHY THE FATHER HAD TO PREPARE A BODY FOR JESUS , BECAUSE IF HE CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE SEED OF ADAM , HE WOULD ALREADY BE UNDER THAT SAME CONDEMNATION OF DEATH .
BY LIVING A LIFE WITHOUT TRANSGRESSING THE LAW WHICH BRINGS ON DEATH , HE WAS NOT WORTHY TO DIE ; WHICH HE DIED NOT FOR HIS SIN , BUT PAID THE PENALTY FOR THE SINS OF ADAM AND ALL OF HIS SEED .
NOW ADAM AND ALL OF HIS SEED WILL BE RESURRECTED FROM THE GRAVE ; WHICH IS THE FIRST DEATH ; BUT CAN WE LIVE WITH THE FATHER , IF WE DIED IN OUR SINS ?
THE SCAPEGOAT REPRESENTS JESUS CHRIST RESURRECTION , AND APPEARING BEFORE THE FATHER IN THE THIRD HEAVEN AS THE MEDIATOR/ INTERCESSOR , FOR THE ONES WHO REPENT OF THIER SINS WITH A SORROWFUL HEART ( MIND ) LIKE KING DAVID , THEN BELIEVE BY OBEDIENCE ; WHICH IS KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE MEDIATOR JESUS CHRIST ; WHICH HE RECEIVED FROM THE FATHER ; THIS IS YOUR FAITH ; WHICH RECOVERS YOU FROM THE SECOND DEATH , THE LAKE OF FIRE .
ADAM CONDEMNED ALL OF HIS SEED TO THE FIRST DEATH , THE GRAVE ; BUT THE THINGS THAT WE DO OURSELVES AGAINST THE LORD COMMANDMENTS , ARE THE THINGS THAT PUT US IN DANGER OF THE SECOND DEATH , THE LAKE OF FIRE .
1 JOHN 1:5-7 , " 5.This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
JESUS DID NOT COME TO DO AWAY WITH THE LAWS OF THE FATHER , BUT TO RECOVER US BACK TO THE POINT BEFORE WE BROKE HIS LAWS ; SO THAT WE MAY OBEY THEM .
THE SCAPEGOAT IS NOT SATAN , BUT JESUS CHRIST .
LEVITICUS 23:10-11 , " 10.Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
11And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
HEBREWS 10:12-14 , 12.But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
JESUS IS THE FIRSTFRUITS FROM THE DEAD , OR THE LIVE SCAPEGOAT ; WHICH MUST PRESENT HIMSELF BEFORE THE LORD ( FATHER ) , TO BE ACCEPTED FOR THE PEOPLE ( BECAME OUR HIGH PRIEST OF ATONEMENT ) : ON THE MORROW AFTER THE SABBATH .
JOHN 20:17 , 17.Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
PSALM 110:1 , 1.(A Psalm of David.) The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
I SEE TWO LORD'S HERE , THE FATHER AND THE SON .
SHALOM !

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"Why Jesus and No One Else Was Able to Save Us" makes it sound like nobody - including Jesus - was able to save us, haha

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"Why" it says, not "While".

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@@therealong Sorry, autocorrect. But my point still stands

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Not really! The text in brackets [and No One Else] only excludes anyone else. Try reading it without that text.

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@@therealong Obviously...
A better title might have been "Why Jesus [and Jesus Alone] Was Able to Save Us". This version doesn't give it that negative connotation when reading it as one sentence.

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I can't see your negative connotation anyway. "And Jesus alone" is implicit in the "and no one else". Are there any other candidates in the Bible? One could only argue why adding that text at all. But that is obviously thought against those who read the Bible and still can't see Jesus as the Redeemer.