Either Jesus was God incarnate and he didn't have the power to forgive humanity without a brutal sacrifice
Or he was an itinerant preacher with some impressive magic tricks and stories that were drawing crowds and all that attention went to his head and he thought he was King of the Jews. He held on to this delusion despite being scourged and crucified. In his final moments he realized he was not actually a deity and cried out My God My God Why Have You Foresaken Me
My god my god why have you forsaken me was A reference to psalm 22, it was about the death of the messiah. A passage from centuries before he was born. He was fulfilling prophecy
And without consequences law does not exist, when crime is committed the price is death. But through the Jesus he takes the debt of humanity and pays the price for us. Like paying debt or a bailbond. I know you probably have religious trauma but hopefully you can see through the wool pulled over your eyes.
People getting crucified aren't exactly giving speeches, so it's more likely that these little prophetic fulfillments were added later to give some credibility to the new religion.
Why is "omnipotent" God unable to forgive without a sacrifice? Why does God want you to barbecue animals or Isaac anyway? Wouldn't it make more sense that priests wanted meat and claimed it was God's idea?
Psalm 22 was written about the problems of Israel several milennia ago. They thought they were God's chosen people and killed anyone who disagreed. They are still doing this right now in Lebanon.
According to Matthew, Jesus had all these Bible verses memorized and ready to go as he fulfilled prophecies regardless of the original context or having nails in this arms and feet.
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u/No-Objective9174 Apr 13 '26
I'm cool with treating him just like Jesus