The Truth About Salvation — Page 24
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 24 to one’s sins being forgiven, why can’t the sacrifice of Jesus the Messiah as also be a cause for pardon? However, when making this objection, they fail to keep in mind the differences between the sacrifice of a goat and the crucifixion of Jesus the Messiah as. We do not claim that sacrificing an animal relieves the burden of our sins. Nor do we claim that the animal is sacrificed as a punishment for our sins. Instead, our claim is that we are sacrificing part of our wealth in order to attain God Almighty’s pleasure, in the hope that He will then forgive us our sins. Let me clarify this further: the sacrifice we make is that of our wealth, and secondly, we do this for the sake of God Almighty. Thirdly, we hope that this good deed will attain God Almighty’s pleasure, and, thereby, He will pardon us. However, these points do not apply in the matter of Jesus’ as crucifixion, because (i) he is not anyone’s possession for them to claim that their sins will be pardoned through his sacrifice and (ii) nor are they the ones who sacrificed him. The only person that benefits from a sacrifice is the one who undertakes it and no one else. The Jews sacrificed Jesus the Messiah as. For this, Christians claim that the Jews will go to hell, and that they themselves have achieved salvation through the sacrifice made by the Jews. If Jesus the