{"id":2424,"date":"2010-09-25T20:00:11","date_gmt":"2010-09-26T03:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2424"},"modified":"2010-09-25T20:00:11","modified_gmt":"2010-09-26T03:00:11","slug":"giving-the-son-power-to-make-intercession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/09\/25\/giving-the-son-power-to-make-intercession\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving the Son power to make intercession"},"content":{"rendered":"

While reading in my scriptures yesterday, I came across Mosiah 15:8.<\/p>\n

And thus God breaketh the\u00c2\u00a0bands of death, having gained the\u00c2\u00a0victory over death; giving the Son power to make\u00c2\u00a0intercession\u00c2\u00a0for the children of men\u00e2\u20ac\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think much about this verse yesterday. It seems to be in line with what I believe. It wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t until this evening when I read the next verse that Abinadi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s message became clearer.<\/p>\n

Having ascended into heaven, having the bowels of mercy; being filled with compassion towards the children of men; standing betwixt them and justice; having broken the bands of death, taken upon\u00c2\u00a0himself their iniquity and their transgressions, having redeemed them, and\u00c2\u00a0satisfied the demands of justice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When we read the two verses together, we see there were several acts Jesus needed to perform before he could get to the point where God would let him\u00c2\u00a0intercede\u00c2\u00a0on our behalf.<\/p>\n

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  1. Ascend into heaven<\/li>\n
  2. Have bowels of mercy<\/li>\n
  3. Be filled with compassion towards us<\/li>\n
  4. Stand between us and justice<\/li>\n
  5. Break the bands of death<\/li>\n
  6. Take upon\u00c2\u00a0himself our iniquity and transgressions<\/li>\n
  7. Redeemed us<\/li>\n
  8. Satisfy the demands of justice<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Having seen this in new light, describing the Atonement as Jesus suffering for our sins and implementing the Resurrection just seems underwhelming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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