tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147103.post114049610186809436..comments2024-01-02T00:44:17.177-08:00Comments on DURABLE DATA: Mighty Herzog Still Out Looking for the Historical JesusGlenn Laynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705379907349377445noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147103.post-1140555711272250032006-02-21T13:01:00.000-08:002006-02-21T13:01:00.000-08:00For Herzog, it was as teacher and prophet that Jes...For Herzog, it was as teacher and prophet that Jesus announced and “brokered” the Reign of God. Since God’s reign is merely a social vision of justice and compassion there is no need for a Lord and Savior to redeem mankind from sin and its consequences.<BR/><BR/>What about the holiness of the God who reigns? Is not this holiness an eternal & unchangeable attribute? God’s Law was broken in the Garden and that demands a particular penalty for sin. Is not that the principle of all justice? God must respond to sin in a just manner if God is to be self-consistent.<BR/><BR/>Nahum 1:3 "the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished"<BR/>Habakkuk 1:13 "Your eyes are too pure to approve evil..."<BR/>Deut 27:26 "Cursed is he who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them" <BR/><BR/>The wrath of God is his necessary response to sin! When God forgives us for sin he doesn’t simply set it aside and forget about it. God doesn’t experience a sort of sanctified amnesia! On the contrary, our sins are paid for with an awesome price, the death of our Savior, Jesus Christ, in place of the sinner! Hence, Jesus was not executed by the ruling Jerusalem elite in collaboration of the Roman prefect Pontius Pilate for subversive activities on behalf of the socially oppressed.<BR/><BR/>Isa 53:4-6 "Surely our griefs He Himself bore, & our sorrows He carried...The Lord has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him."<BR/>Gal 3:13 "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us." <BR/><BR/>Worship & enjoy, ronrevdrronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003474866079969825noreply@blogger.com