Irrational and atrocious atonement- Watchtower blasphemy
Taken from their own literature
My response is this color.
Jehovah came to mankind’s rescue by means of the ransom. What is a ransom? The idea of a ransom basically involves two things. First, a ransom is the price paid to bring about a release or to buy something back. It might be compared to the price paid for the release of a prisoner of war. Second, a ransom is the price that covers, or pays, the cost of something. It is similar to the price paid to cover the damages caused by an injury. For example, if a person causes an accident, he would have to pay an amount that fully corresponds to, or equals, the value of what was damaged.
Jehovah came to mankind’s rescue by means of the ransom. What is a ransom? The idea of a ransom basically involves two things. First, a ransom is the price paid to bring about a release or to buy something back. It might be compared to the price paid for the release of a prisoner of war. Second, a ransom is the price that covers, or pays, the cost of something. It is similar to the price paid to cover the damages caused by an injury. For example, if a person causes an accident, he would have to pay an amount that fully corresponds to, or equals, the value of what was damaged.
8 How would it be possible to cover the
enormous loss that Adam inflicted on all of us and to release us from slavery
to sin and death? Let us consider the ransom that Jehovah provided and what
this can mean for you.
HOW JEHOVAH
PROVIDED THE RANSOM
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Since a perfect human life was lost, no imperfect human life could ever buy it
back. (Psalm
49:7, 8) What was needed was a ransom equal in value to what was lost.
This is in harmony with the principle of perfect justice found in God’s Word,
which says: “Soul will be for soul.” (Deuteronomy 19:21)
So, what would cover the value of the perfect human soul, or life, that Adam
lost? Another perfect human life was the “corresponding ransom” that was
required.—1 Timothy
2:6.
If
Jesus was a great angel and angels are greater than men (Heb.2:7, 2 Pt .2:11) then it was not a
“corresponding ransom”. But if it is counted as a “corresponding ransom” based
upon his “perfect human life” then it is not relevant that it be the ‘one most
precious spirit creature’ and any of his perfect spirit sons would have
sufficed. Jesus did not have to come.
How did
Jehovah provide the ransom? He sent one of his perfect spirit sons to the
earth. But Jehovah did not send just any spirit creature. He sent the one
most precious to him, his only-begotten Son. (1 John
4:9, 10) Willingly, this Son left his heavenly home. (Philippians 2:7)
How could one
man serve as a ransom for many, in fact, millions of humans?
If the principle of
perfect justice found in God’s Word, which says: “Soul will be for soul” then
it was not a “corresponding ransom” of one soul for billions
of souls. For in such a case ‘he would have to pay an amount that fully
corresponds to, or equals, the value’. Or if they try and salvage it by saying
it is perfect human life for perfect human life, then innumerable individual
acts of sin did not have propitiation made for them on the ‘torture stake’ and their
god did not punish jesus for sins thereby indicating his complete
indifference to innumerable sins. How could this
god be ‘in harmony with perfect justice’ and indifferent to innumerable crimes
against himself and others? Well, how did humans numbering into the
millions come to be sinners in the first place? Recall that by sinning, Adam
lost the precious possession of perfect human life. Hence, he could not pass it
on to his offspring. Instead, he could pass on only sin and death. Jesus, whom
the Bible calls “the last Adam,” had a perfect human life, and he never
sinned. (1 Corinthians
15:45) In a sense, Jesus stepped into Adam’s place in order to save us. By
sacrificing, or giving up, his perfect life in flawless obedience to God, Jesus
paid the price for Adam’s sin. Jesus thus brought hope to Adam’s offspring.—Romans 5:19; 1 Corinthians
15:21, 22.
So Adam sinned only once by eating fruit and Jesus didn’t sin all of his life and did innumerable righteous acts all his life and these things are considered equal in this gods balances? Or is it perfect life for perfect life; personalities (those special spirit kids) involved are completely irrelevant and individual acts of sin don’t matter? (Christ died for our sins-1 Cor.15:3)
So Adam sinned only once by eating fruit and Jesus didn’t sin all of his life and did innumerable righteous acts all his life and these things are considered equal in this gods balances? Or is it perfect life for perfect life; personalities (those special spirit kids) involved are completely irrelevant and individual acts of sin don’t matter? (Christ died for our sins-1 Cor.15:3)
The Bible
describes in detail the suffering that Jesus endured before his death. He
experienced harsh whipping, cruel impalement, and an agonizing death on a
torture stake. (John
19:1, 16-18, 30; Appendix) Why was it
necessary for Jesus to suffer so much? In a later chapter of this book, we will
see that Satan has questioned whether Jehovah has any human servants who
would remain faithful under trial. By enduring faithfully in spite of great
suffering, Jesus gave the best possible answer to Satan’s challenge. Jesus
proved that a perfect man possessing free will could keep perfect integrity to
God no matter what the Devil did.
So
Jesus’ sufferings had nothing to do with atoning for the sins of men, rather it
was to win a bet with the devil? What does this say of this god? He, in order
to show the devil that he could beat him at a checker match caused untold
suffering to his favorite spirit kid. This is glorified psychosis.
What further confuses the follower of these doctrines and robs him of wisdom and spiritual understanding is that this atonement is actually an abomination to God. Proverbs 17:15 says: He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. Again he says: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. (Ezek.18:20). And again: Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. (Exod.32:32-3). In other words God will not put upon an innocent person sin of a guilty person and punish them- even if they offer, because it is an abomination to him. If Jesus Christ is not God then in his sacrifice for the sins of others, God sinned by acquitting the wicked and condemning the righteous.
In other words if I owe a large sum of money to my lord and cannot repay, then either I or he will suffer the debt. If someone else offers to pay the lord then this 3rd person suffers the loss which is unjust according to the demands of the law. So nothing has been restored. In salvation we are indebted to God’s justice and have no righteousness to offer, and the demand of justice is death. If we are to be saved then God’s justice must be met. If not then we are lost and incur the penalty. So justice demands that either God or we would suffer the loss, not a third party. A third party suffering the loss would be unjust. Therefore JesusChrist is Jehovah or salvation is an abomination to righteousness.
Furthermore, God is eternal (from
everlasting to everlasting) and changes not. When He is provoked by our
sins there is eternal judgment passed upon us (Heb.6:2), which results in
eternal damnation, and eternal fire (Mk.3:29, Jd.1:7) or everlasting punishment
(Mt.25:46) or people against whom the LORD hath indignation forever (Mal.1:4).
We are thus in need of eternal redemption (Heb.9:12), and eternal salvation (Heb.5:9)
and eternal life (Jn.3:15). Only an eternal person can make
propitiation and atonement. Can a created person appease the eternal wrath of
the eternal God? Is this not a false balance (Prv.11:1)? There must be an
eternal element to have an even balance; a just weight and measure. Either
Christ must suffer eternally as a created person (thereby causing God to sin in
his punishment) or he must be an eternal uncreated person.
Either the penalty incurred
by us falls back upon the one with whom we have to do or upon our heads. God
therefore must be just to forgive (1 Jn.1:9. Rom.3:25-6). He cannot arbitrarily invent a way to satisfy his eternal wrath. He will not at
all acquit the wicked (Nah.1:3, Ex.23:7); he will in no wise condemn the
righteous (Prv.17:15); no one may bear the punishment of any other (Deut.24:16,
Ex.32:33); everyone shall die for his own sin (2 Chr.25:4, Ezk.18:4).
This means that no person
can pay for our sins. Isaiah 63:5
And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
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