Sunday's Gospel is the famous story about the Prodigal Son.
But don't miss the second reading where St. Paul says something shocking - "God made him who did not know sin to be sin."
Discover what this means...and what it can't possibly mean, and the important difference between the Passover Lamb and the Scapegoat. To find out, click below:
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Passover Lamb or Scapegoat?
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Passover Lamb or Scapegoat?
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Re: Passover Lamb or Scapegoat?
This is variously interpreted by scholars.
Christ is a sin offering for humanity, an atonement offering
or
Christ himself took the place of the sinner though he remained sinless
He was the pure unblemished Passover lamb that was sacrificed so that we may be restored to life with God.
The Scapegoat tradition goes back to the Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures.
Sin brought death.
blood was life giving.
God allowed the blood to be shed by an animal for restoration of relationship between the community and God to bring the result of death to new life, through the blood of an innocent pure animal.
The priest to make atonement for his sins and the people's would choose 2 unblemished goats, drawn by lot, to determine which would be the sacrificial lamb on the altar and the other would have the sins of all the community put on him and sent off into the wilderness, far away. The scapegoat was the one that took on the sins and was abandoned to die in the wilderness.
Righteousness of God
either the righteousness that belongs to God and brings about salvation of humanity
or
the righteousness that God imparts to human beings to justify them
We know Jesus cannot become sin.
My guess > a translation from the Hebrew scripture texts?
Unfortunately I'm not a biblical Hebrew scholar (perhaps one day if the Lord grants me time)...but that's another story
Made the one who knew no sin to be sin, in three possible ways: either Christ assumed sinful human nature (see Rom 8.3), or God treated the sinless Jesus on the cross as a sinner (see Gal 3.13), or Jesus became a sacrifice or offering for sin... Who knew no sin. See John 7.18; 8.46; Heb 4.15; 7.26.
Society of Biblical Literature - Scholarly biblical commentary
Christ is a sin offering for humanity, an atonement offering
or
Christ himself took the place of the sinner though he remained sinless
He was the pure unblemished Passover lamb that was sacrificed so that we may be restored to life with God.
The Scapegoat tradition goes back to the Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures.
Sin brought death.
blood was life giving.
God allowed the blood to be shed by an animal for restoration of relationship between the community and God to bring the result of death to new life, through the blood of an innocent pure animal.
The priest to make atonement for his sins and the people's would choose 2 unblemished goats, drawn by lot, to determine which would be the sacrificial lamb on the altar and the other would have the sins of all the community put on him and sent off into the wilderness, far away. The scapegoat was the one that took on the sins and was abandoned to die in the wilderness.
Righteousness of God
either the righteousness that belongs to God and brings about salvation of humanity
or
the righteousness that God imparts to human beings to justify them
We know Jesus knew about sin, but was not sin.Made the one who knew no sin to be sin
We know Jesus cannot become sin.
My guess > a translation from the Hebrew scripture texts?
Unfortunately I'm not a biblical Hebrew scholar (perhaps one day if the Lord grants me time)...but that's another story
"He who followeth Me, walketh not in darkness." sayeth the Lord