In a message dated 6/23/06 1:03:20 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There could be something said for both interpretations. One
being an initiation or rebirth onto the spiritual path by accepting the
blood of Christ, as that which atones for all sin, the ultimate sacrifice,
the perfect lamb, free of sin, one's intention binding him to the spiritual
path. And then there could be the deeper meaning of personal experience of
complete enlightenment. Why not both? Christ did say "unless your are
reborn you can not enter the Kingdom of heaven". While I could never claim to be
an authority on Biblical scripture, I think Christians place an awful
lot of emphasis on the numerous prophesies from the old testament that
foretell His coming as a covenant with God and by accepting the foretold
sacrifice of the Lamb of God one is then covered in that Covenant. Just as
one expresses an intention when performing a yagya that binds him to the
action. Personally I have always had a problem with the shedding of blood to
atone for sin concept but, the Old Testament says without the shedding of blood
there can be no atonement and it was first accepted as the method in
the story of Cain and Able and has been used by both Jews and Muslims ever
since, not to mention Hindus and their many sacrifices to deities which
Buddha almost put a stop to.
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