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The Importance Of Correctly Sequencing The Events
Q: Well so what if the outside world is laughing at Good Friday just so long
as Catholics believe in it?
A: Irrational portrayals of Easter week contribute not just to the mockery of
Catholics, but of all Christians the world over; and worse: the losing of
people's souls in hell; here's why.
● Luke 18:14 . . I tell you, this man went down to his house forgiven rather
than the other
No; Jesus didn't say "forgiven" he said justified.
The koiné Greek word is dikaioo (dik-ah-yo'-o) which essentially means to
regard as innocent.
In order for God to grant the tax man innocence, He couldn't merely forgive
him; no, God had to exonerate him; and how does one legally do that
without initiating a miscarriage of justice when there is evidence enough to
indict?
Well, according to the Bible, Christ was restored to life for our justification
(Rom 4:25). In other words; though Christ's crucifixion was sufficient to
obtain forgiveness for people's sins; his crucifixion alone wasn't sufficient to
make it possible for people to obtain an acquittal.
● 1Cor 15:17 . . If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still
in your sins.
An acquittal can be defined as exoneration; viz: an adjudication of
innocence, which is normally granted when there is insufficient evidence to
convict. In other words: by means of Christ's resurrection, God was able to
cook the books so that it appears the tax collector never did anything bad.
On the surface; this looks very unethical, but from the divine perspective it's
all on the up and up.
It's not too difficult to appreciate just how serious this is relative to the
outside world. If they can be persuaded to mock the sequence of events
during Easter week, they can just as easily be persuaded that Jesus'
resurrection never happened; viz: they will miss the opportunity to get their
records expunged and thus be exonerated. A record of their sins will remain
on the books, hanging over their heads like a sword of Damocles. Out
ahead, at the Great White Throne event depicted at Rev 20:11-15, those
books will be opened for review.
● Mark 16:15-16 . . He said to them: Go into the whole world and proclaim
the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be
spared; whoever does not believe will be condemned.
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