Where did Jesus go when he died? What happened to Jesus on the cross? Ask NT Wright Anything podcast

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I love NT Wright but he’s phenomenal at talking a lot but not answering a single question 😂

I feel like Wright didn’t complete his answers. I feel like he only half answered the questions.

Could you please do a dialogue with don Preston? I would love to see Nt wright and don Preston have a discussion

How would a good rabbi instruct from the roll of scriptures? He’d say ‘turn to where it is written ..’ and then he would teach. Jesus did not claim YHWH had abandoned him on the cross. He was showing us where we should turn to in the scroll to understand what would happen next. He was teaching from the cross asking us to turn to Psalm 22 to understand.

Jesus having a return ticket to hell is HILLARIOUS!

Wait…Justin is back?!!! Started listening to him back in 2005 when as a British Army Officer I started dating a lady from Magdalen College who accepted Christ through our chats. We then listened to Justin weekly before attending Vaughn Robert’s church. Was sad to hear he left but glad to see him here again.

I'm sorry but that answer to the question of hell wasn't satisfactory. 😢

I’d rather debate Harry Potter

I am mentoring a PhD student right now who is trying to make Wright’s case against the “angry-old-God” thesis and the student cannot even cite a single scholar from history who teaches mere propitiatory appeasement (without expiratory sacrifice). Tom is probably referring to William Lane Craig who was not angry when he asked that question. Tom explicitly made the claim that the reformers and some scholars have held that view, and Craig challenged him to cite even one historical scholar who has held the caricature that Tom attributes to them. And he couldn’t cite even one source. The fact that some seminarians may hold the view that Jesus merely appeased a cranky old God does nothing to address whether or not scholars have held that view. And no one has taught that parody of Penal substitutionary atonement.

8:22 - Why does the condemnation of sin require something to die? I can condemn behaviors without beating someone up or spilling blood, so why can't God? And why can't God just FORGIVE sin? He does this several times in the Old Testament, and Jesus told us to just forgive people, with no sacrifice. In Psalm 78:36-39, God simply forgives people who sinned against him, no sacrifice required. Hosea 6:6 says that God desires steadfast love and NOT sacrifice. Second Chronicles 7:14 says that God will forgive his peoples’ sins if they simply turn from their wicked ways and seek him. And Micha 6:6-8 specifically says that sacrifice is not required, and that all you need to do is follow god. Shall I come before the Lord with burnt offerings, thousands of rams, or my firstborn child? No, the Lord requires nothing but that you do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God.

He had the power to lay down his life and take it again Being sinless death had no Hold on him!

We were the souls in prison Jesus came to preach to. We are not swept away in the flood of debauchery as Peter mentioned, because we are saved through baptism instead.

very helpful explanation of 'sin'

I really miss this podcast...new episodes not reruns please 🤔

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I got born again 1973. Jesus Christ is real Jesus is exactly who He says He is

On the discussion concerning ‘sacrifice,’ I think the obvious meaning is almost always missed, or overlooked. Because we have it locked into our minds that the word means ‘kill something for the purpose of appeasement,’ which it NEVER means in any other context. What does it mean, for instance, when we say that a good parent must make sacrifices for the sake of raising their children? That they must KILL something? (Maybe some selfish desire, perhaps.) But it basically means ‘give up something (which you have, which may well have been first given to you), something of actual value, because you acted wrongly, out of character with the Spirit of God, the ultimate Source of EVERY good thing. You have to answer for your default, by giving something back that you have been first given. And yes, it’s a punishment. In most of human history real tangible WEALTH resided in things like the accumulation of livestock. Take it from there.

Question to Dr Wright - if God condemned human sin in Jesus' flesh, hence his suffering and death on the cross, why are all people, ie all sinners, not saved?

These religious mystics are a dime a dozen. It’s easy to create any narrative to make it fit one’s beliefs. This guy is a top..down..story teller.