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NASB | 1 John 2:2 and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 2:2 And He [that same Jesus] is the propitiation for our sins [the atoning sacrifice that holds back the wrath of God that would otherwise be directed at us because of our sinful nature--our worldliness, our lifestyle]; and not for ours alone, but also for [the sins of all believers throughout] the whole world. |
Subject: Jehonadab, Why C.E. and B.C.E.? |
Bible Note: It is very clear why Jesus came to the earth, for was it not spoken concerning him, at Psalms 40:6-9, "Sacrifice and offering you did not delight in; These ears of mine you opened up.Burnt offering and sin offering you did not ask for. In view of that, I said: "Here I have come,In the roll of the book it being written about me. To do your will, O my God, I have delighted,And your law is within my inward parts. I have told the good news of righteousness in the big congregation. Look! My lips I do not restrain.O Jehovah, you yourself know that well." Furthermore, Jesus said to Pilate,at John 18:37 "For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone that is on the side of the truth listens to my voice." Hence, Jesus obeyed his heavenly Father, yes to do His will. He came to provide the ransom, according to Matthew 20:28, but he also came to lay the foundation for a "kingdom". This required unswerving obedience to, not himself,but to his Father, just as Isaac willingly obeyed his father Abraham.( Gen 22:9,10; Heb 11:17) How else then, would the "damage" done in the Garden of Eden be "undone",clearing Jehovah God's name of all reproach, yes, even a restoring to what was originally purposed for the earth,as spoken through Isaiah, " For this is what Jehovah has said, the Creator of the heavens, He the [true] God, the Former of the earth and the Maker of it, He the One who firmly established it, who did not create it simply for nothing, who formed it even to be inhabited."(Isaiah 45:18) Therefore, Jesus had to come to the earth, not only to "give his soul a ransom in exchange for many", but more importantly to make known "the sacred secrets of the kingdom of the heavens" and lay it's foundation.(Matt 13:11) Did not Jesus tell his eleven faithful apostles, "I make a covenant with you, just as my Father has made a covenant with me, for a kingdom,"(Luke 22:29) What did Jesus mean by the "mysteries" or "sacred secrets of the kingdom"? |