“That Great and Last Sacrifice Will Be the Son of God”

W. Cleon Skousen

This is a shocking doctrine that the Atonement will require the sacrifice of the most beloved Supreme Being in existence next to the Father. As we mentioned earlier, there is widespread speculation that the suffering of Jesus Christ on the cross somehow paid for the sins of mankind. But nowhere in scripture does it say he paid for our sins. Amulek has the answer. He says the Atonement was based on a higher principle that not only satisfied the demands of justice for the sins of mankind, but provided a lot more besides. He reveals the basis for the Atonement in verse 15.

“Great and Last Sacrifice Will Be the Son of God”

This is a shocking doctrine that the Atonement will require the sacrifice of the most beloved Supreme Being in existence next to the Father. As we mentioned earlier, there is widespread speculation that the suffering of Jesus Christ on the cross somehow paid for the sins of mankind. But nowhere in scripture does it say he paid for our sins. Amulek has the answer. He says the Atonement was based on a higher principle that not only satisfied the demands of justice for the sins of mankind, but provided a lot more besides. He reveals the basis for the Atonement in verse 15.

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