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188:4.1 Although [[Jesus]] did not die this [[death]] on the [[cross]] to [[atone]] for the [[racial]] [[guilt]] of [[mortal]] man nor to provide some sort of [[effective]] approach to an otherwise [[offended]] and unforgiving [[God]]; even though the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] did not offer himself as a [[sacrifice]] to appease the [[wrath]] of [[God]] and to open the way for sinful man to obtain [[salvation]]; notwithstanding that these [[ideas]] of [[atonement]] and propitiation are [[erroneous]], nonetheless, there are significances attached to this [[death]] of [[Jesus]] on the [[cross]] which should not be overlooked. It is a [[fact]] that [[Urantia]] has become known among other [[neighboring]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited planets] as the " World of the Cross. "

188:4.1 Although [[Jesus]] did not die this [[death]] on the [[cross]] to [[atone]] for the [[racial]] [[guilt]] of [[mortal]] man nor to provide some sort of [[effective]] approach to an otherwise [[offended]] and unforgiving [[God]]; even though the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] did not offer himself as a [[sacrifice]] to appease the [[wrath]] of [[God]] and to open the way for sinful man to obtain [[salvation]]; notwithstanding that these [[ideas]] of [[atonement]] and propitiation are [[erroneous]], nonetheless, there are significances attached to this [[death]] of [[Jesus]] on the [[cross]] which should not be overlooked. It is a [[fact]] that [[Urantia]] has become known among other [[neighboring]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited planets] as the " World of the Cross. "

188:4.2 [[Jesus]] [[desired]] to live a full [[mortal]] life in the [[flesh]] on [[Urantia]]. [[Death]] is, ordinarily, a part of life. [[Death]] is the last [[act]] in the [[mortal]] [[drama]]. In your well-meant [[efforts]] to [[escape]] the [[superstitious]] [[errors]] of the [[false]] [[interpretation]] of the [[meaning]] of the [[death]] on the [[cross]], you should be careful not to make the great mistake of [[failing]] to [[perceive]] the true significance and the genuine import of [[the Master]]'s [[death]].

188:4.2 [[Jesus]] [[desired]] to live a full [[mortal]] life in the [[flesh]] on [[Urantia]]. [[Death]] is, ordinarily, a part of life. [[Death]] is the last [[act]] in the [[mortal]] [[drama]]. In your well-meant [[efforts]] to [[escape]] the [[superstitious]] [[errors]] of the [[false]] [[interpretation]] of the [[meaning]] of the [[death]] on the [[cross]], you should be careful not to make the great mistake of [[failing]] to [[perceive]] the true significance and the genuine import of [[the Master]]'s [[death]].

188:4.3 [[Mortal]] man was never the [[property]] of the archdeceivers. [[Jesus]] did not die to [[ransom]] man from the clutch of the [[apostate]] rulers and fallen princes of the [[spheres]]. [[The Father]] in heaven never [[conceived]] of such crass injustice as [[damning]] a [[mortal]] [[soul]] because of the evildoing of his [[ancestors]]. Neither was [[the Master]]'s [[death]] on the [[cross]] a [[sacrifice]] which consisted in an [[effort]] to pay [[God]] a [[debt]] which the [[race]] of [[mankind]] had come to owe him.

188:4.3 [[Mortal]] man was never the [[property]] of the archdeceivers. [[Jesus]] did not die to [[ransom]] man from the clutch of the [[apostate]] rulers and fallen princes of the [[spheres]]. [[The Father]] in heaven never [[conceived]] of such crass injustice as [[damning]] a [[mortal]] [[soul]] because of the evildoing of his [[ancestors]]. Neither was [[the Master]]'s [[death]] on the [[cross]] a [[sacrifice]] which consisted in an [[effort]] to pay [[God]] a [[debt]] which the [[race]] of [[mankind]] had come to owe him.

188:4.4 Before [[Jesus]] lived on [[earth]], you might possibly have been [[justified]] in believing in such a [[God]], but not since [[the Master]] lived and died among your fellow [[mortals]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] taught the [[dignity]] and [[justice]] of a [[Creator]] [[God]]; but [[Jesus]] portrayed the [[love]] and [[mercy]] of a heavenly [[Father]].

188:4.4 Before [[Jesus]] lived on [[earth]], you might possibly have been [[justified]] in believing in such a [[God]], but not since [[the Master]] lived and died among your fellow [[mortals]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] taught the [[dignity]] and [[justice]] of a [[Creator]] [[God]]; but [[Jesus]] portrayed the [[love]] and [[mercy]] of a heavenly [[Father]].

188:4.5 The [[animal nature]]—the tendency toward [[evil]]-doing—may be [[hereditary]], but [[sin]] is not [[transmitted]] from [[parent]] to [[child]]. [[Sin]] is the [[act]] of [[conscious]] and deliberate [[rebellion]] against [[the Father]]'s will and [[Creator Son|the Son]]s' [[laws]] by an [[individual]] will [[creature]].

188:4.5 The [[animal nature]]—the tendency toward [[evil]]-doing—may be [[hereditary]], but [[sin]] is not [[transmitted]] from [[parent]] to [[child]]. [[Sin]] is the [[act]] of [[conscious]] and deliberate [[rebellion]] against [[the Father]]'s will and [[Creator Son|the Son]]s' [[laws]] by an [[individual]] will [[creature]].