Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 85
85. Christian world of today we find the words of God the Almighty addressed to Cain: "And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire" coming true. There is no end to sin in which the Christian world abounds. . To come to the point, according to the Bible, man could become righteous even after the sin of Adam and that the seed of sin had not been sown in his heart; on the contrary, even in that age it invaded from outside and in the event of his sinning, the door to repentance stood ajar and he had the chance to conquer sin; in fact, he could go one further-he could become the favourite of God the Supreme. The contingency, which, the Christians say, calls for atonement, does not arise according to the Bible. . Yet another question arises about the theory of vicarious. atonement. Suppose there was no virtue left in the world and vicarious atonement became imperative, would there be the need of the Son of God for such atonement? The other question that arises is: Was Messiah the Son of God?. WAS VICARIOUS ATONEMENT IMPERATIVE ?. In order to examine the question-Was atonement imperative? we should turn to the book of the Messiah. The Bible agrees that prophets of God have been showing various miracles. According to it the Prophets used to quicken the dead, cure the sick, increase the scanty meals and show miracles of different types. But the Christians say (I have used the word Christians purposely for they say many things on their own which find no confirmation in the New Testament, even in its existing distorted version) that forgiveness of sins is beyond human power and that prophets no doubt quickened the dead as is said of Elijah and Isaiah (Kings 1, Ch. 17:22 and Kings II, Ch. 4:35) but that forgiving of sin was not in the