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>Well, God is not unjust.

Very true.

(Deuteronomy 32:4): "The Rock, perfect is his activity, For all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness, with whom there is no injustice; Righteous and upright is he."

(Job 34:10): "Therefore, YOU men of heart, listen to me. Far be it from the [true] God to act wickedly, And the Almighty to act unjustly!"

>He died on the cross

God died? Who raised him from the dead? To whom did people pray for 3 days? God is mortal?

No, God and Jesus are not the same. Jesus died, and God raised him up from the dead (Acts 13:30). Jehovah God himself has always lived (Daniel 12:7; Revelation 4:9; 10:6).

Jehovah sent his son, not himself:

(1 John 4:9-10): "By this the love of God was made manifest in our case, because God sent forth his only-begotten Son into the world that we might gain life through him. 10 The love is in this respect, not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent forth his Son as a propitiatory sacrifice for our sins."

Jesus and Jehovah are distinct individuals, with Jesus being the inferior of the two.

(1 Corinthians 11:3): "But I want YOU to know that the head of every man is the Christ; in turn the head of a woman is the man; in turn the head of the Christ is God."

(John 14:28): "YOU heard that I said to YOU, I am going away and I am coming [back] to YOU. If YOU loved me, YOU would rejoice that I am going my way to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am."

(Philippians 2:5-11): "Keep this mental attitude in YOU that was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although he was existing in God's form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God. 7 No, but he emptied himself and took a slave's form and came to be in the likeness of men. 8 More than that, when he found himself in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient as far as death, yes, death on a torture stake. 9 For this very reason also God exalted him to a superior position and kindly gave him the name that is above every [other] name, 10 so that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the ground, 11 and every tongue should openly acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father."

>he opened the gates of heaven which had been shut because of Original Sin which Adam and Eve caused.

Jesus's ransom opened the way for us to live forever (1 Corinthians 15:45). But the original purpose was and is for humans to live here on Earth (Genesis 1:28; Psalm 37:29; Matthew 5:5). Jesus did open the way to heaven for a select few (Romans 8:29; Hebrews 2:11), but the vast majority of God's worshippers will live forever here on Earth.

Regards,
Michael

Posted on Nov 11, 2005, 11:18 PM

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