According to the N.T., we are told that YHWH caused his biological son to die for the sins of the people, and that all who accept this belief will be "saved" and allowed to go to heaven. Let’s look at a few of the passages:

Romans 5:8-11
(8) But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

(9) Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

(10) For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

(11) And not only so, but we also joy in God through our ‘Lord J. C., by whom we have now received the atonement.

Acts 10:43
To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

1 Cor 15:3
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

1 Peter 4:1
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

Scripture (Tanakh) strictly forbids (human) sacrifice for atonement or the atoning of one man for another’s sin.

Each person is responsible for the acts of repentance for their own sin.

We need now to see what Torah has to say:

Exod 32:31:33
(31) And Moses returned to YHWH, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

(32) Yet now, if you will forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I beg you, from your book which you have written".

(33) And YHWH said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot from my book".

Numbers 35:33
So you shall not pollute the land in which you are, for blood pollutes the land; and the land can not be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, but by the blood of him who shed it.

Deuteronomy 24:16
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

It seems clear that even the concept of ‘vicarious atonement’ is in opposition to Torah.

According to the N. T., J.C. was "G-d manifest in the flesh":

Romans 8:3
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

1 Timothy 3:16
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

1 John 4:2 - Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that J. C. is come in the flesh is of God:

We must remember that if we characterize the death of J. C. on the ‘cross’ as a sacrifice, it would be a human sacrifice.

The entire Tanakh prohibits human sacrifices.

Leviticus 18:21,24-25
(21) And you shall not let any of your seed pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your Elohim; I am YHWH.

Deuteronomy 18:10
There shall not be found among you any one who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or who uses divination, or a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a witch,

We have shared a list of reasons why J. C. could not have possibly been a valid sacrifice.

Any one of these reasons by itself would prove a human sacrifice is invalid for the purpose of atonement and is, in fact, against Torah.

Perhaps the most conspicuous concept of all is that a sacrificial sin offering can only atone for sins committed prior to the offering of the sacrifice.

According to the Tanakh no sacrifice can atone for sins committed after the sacrifice was offered.

If this is true then no sacrifice could ever atone for people born after a sacrificial offering was made.

Thus, even if it were true that J. C. were some type all encompassing sacrifice that atoned for all sins of all mankind, we are still left with the fact his death could only atone for the sins committed before his death.

Any who choose to accept the belief that J. C. died for their sins, must understand that such a belief cannot be upheld in the teachings of Tanakh (the only inspired words of YHWH). This concept is proffered only in the N.T. It is not for us if we are true seekers of the truth of YHWH.

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