"The Passion of the Christ" is an historically precise, visually stunning, and viscerally moving portrayal of the crucifixion of Jesus. Yet the most important detail of Jesus’ final hours is not in the film.
What viewers do not see cannot be filmed. While three hours of darkness cloak the cross a transaction takes place that has been planned since the dawn of time.
This transaction entails a crucial fact: Jesus was not a victim. No one took His life from Him. Not Jews. Not Romans. He gave it willingly and purposefully. It was His choice, what He wanted. In fact, it was the reason He was born. From the beginning, as predicted in the ancient scrolls, a divine plan had been unfolding.
I apprecaited your article on the Passion of Christ. I am presently seeking to understand the doctrine of Limited, or Purposeful, Atonement and wonder how your statment...
"The crimes of all of humanity every murder, every theft, every lustful glance; every hidden act of vice, every modest moment of pride, and every monstrous deed of evil; every crime of every man who ever lived these Jesus takes upon Himself as if guilty of all."
...is haromnized with your teaching in other places that only the sins of the elect are atoned for by Christ on the cross, otherwise all humanity would be free of condemnation. Am I missing something?
Thanks.
Posted by: Jim Terry | April 03, 2012 at 11:06 AM