christus victor model of atonement is better than substitutionary

Old Testament Sacrifices are clearly a legal requirement to atone for Sin I agree with you that the motivation behind sacrifice is important and that there are other issues, mainly rampant disobedience, that really upset God. This does not mean that sacrifice is not a requirement to atone for sin. Do a word search for sin offering in the bible: http://www.turnbacktogod.com.... I stopped counting at 100 references and I had not even gotten out of the first five books of the bible. Refuting this point is extremely difficult. Exodus 30:10 says, “annual atonement must be made with the blood of the atoning sin offering for the generations to come. Leviticus 4:3 says, “if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.” In 4:14, “When they become aware of the sin they committed, the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting.” Many of the other references are similar and describe how sacrifices are used to atone for sin. God’s wrath is motivated by sin Romans 1:18 says, “The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people.” Second Chronicles 19:10 States, “warn them not to sin against the Lord; otherwise his wrath will come on you and your brothers.” God’s wrath is motivated by sin and sacrifice is a legal requirement to atone for sin. How then how is it that sacrifice does not remove God’s wrath? You simply have reframed these points Your analogy about friends exchanging tacos could be better. Maybe a child trading tacos with an extremely angry domineering father but I get what you are saying. You are simply pointing out that the motivation behind the sacrifice is important and that there are other issues involved in the relationship. This is true but sacrifice was clearly an important requirement. You bring up that there are a lot of other aspects to God’s Character and I concede these points. You say that sacrifices are to draw us closer to God. I agree. The Old Testament and Jesus sacrifices are clearly presented as the method used to atone for sin and abate God’s wrath. Biblical Accuracy I object with your secondary argument that there may be errors in the bible. The themes I have used are presented in many passages and are not limited to isolated scriptures. If you object to scriptures that I have used you need to demonstrate that there is a reason to doubt their accuracy. I would concede, for instance, that a certain portion of Luke 16 (talking about believers drinking poison) is less reliable. It is not included in many texts and appears to be borrowed from another source. You are using scriptures to support your case as well, should I throw out your passages without justification? An error-ridden bible contradicts with the bulk Christendom including the teaching of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Catechism states, “the books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, and without error teach that truth which God… [6]” Propitiation Romans 3:35 (NKJV) states, “ being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed.” You have essentially argued that this passage can also be used to support CV. You focus on the word propitiation but the glaring word for me is blood. We are made right with God because of blood. How is this consistent with CV? This is clearly a reference to a blood sacrifice and is confirmed in Hebrews 9:22, “Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.” Other versions now simply use the word ‘sacrifice’ because it is clear in context that this is what was intended. Romans 3:25 NIV, “God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith.” How does CV remove God’s wrath? I still don’t see that you have successfully addressed this issue. You suggest that wrath is removed at various stages of an afterlife but you haven’t presented any evidence to back this up. The law is satisfied I concede that the legal requirements changed In the New Testament and Paul makes it pretty clear that gentiles should not be held to Jewish law. This is consistent with the idea that Jesus satisfied the requirements of the law and Colossians 2:14. [6] https://en.wikipedia.org...