God the Father's Satisfaction Happened Because Jesus Christ Became the Final Sin Sacrifice


Good Friday has become synonymous with associating it with the dolorous passion of Christ. I believe that Jesus did die on a Friday (Thursday, Jewish time). One of the movies that Catholics watch on Holy Week is The Passion of the Christ aside from Jesus starring Jeremy Sisto. The Catholic view of the crucifixion of Jesus denies penal substitution and teaches the satisfaction view instead. The satisfaction view teaches that Jesus offered a holy, perfect, blameless sacrifice that appeased God's wrath. I could agree with that in part except that the Catholic view says that Jesus didn't take the punishment for ourselves.

I would like to quote verses from the Good News Translation to further prove that Jesus did take our punishment upon Himself on that Good Friday:
Isaiah 53:4-10 - But He endured the suffering that should have been ours, the pain that we should have borne. All the while we thought that His suffering was punishment sent by God. 5 But because of our sins He was wounded, beaten because of the evil we did. We are healed by the punishment He suffered, made whole by the blows he received. 6 All of us were like sheep that were lost, each of us going His own way. But the LORD made the punishment fall on Him, the punishment all of us deserved. 7 He was treated harshly, but endured it humbly; He never said a word. Like a lamb about to be slaughtered, like a sheep about to be sheared, He never said a word. 8 He was arrested and sentenced and led off to die, and no one cared about His fate. He was put to death for the sins of our people. 9 He was placed in a grave with those who are evil, He was buried with the rich, even though he had never committed a crime or ever told a lie.” 10 The LORD says, "It was My will that He should suffer; His death was a sacrifice to bring forgiveness. And so He will see His descendants; He will live a long life, and through Him My purpose will succeed.

Matthew 26:39 - Once more Jesus went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cup of suffering cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will be done."

Matthew 26:42 - He went a little farther on, threw himself face downward on the ground, and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, take this cup of suffering from Me! Yet not what I want, but what You want." 

Mark 14:36 - "Father," He prayed, "my Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup of suffering away from Me. Yet not what I want, but what You want." 

Luke 22:42 - "Father," He said, "if you will, take this cup of suffering away from Me. Not my will, however, but Your will be done." 

John 18:11 - Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back in its place! Do you think that I will not drink the cup of suffering which my Father has given me?"

2 Corinthians 5:21 -  Christ was without sin, but for our sake God made Him share our sin in order that in union with Him we might share the righteousness of God. 

Hebrews 10:12 - Christ, however, offered one sacrifice for sins, an offering that is effective forever, and then He sat down at the right side of God.

The wrath of God did fall on His Son on that Good Friday. God's wrath had to be satisfied and Jesus is that suffering servant. Jesus took the punishment that we all deserved. Think about the cup of suffering that God the Father prepared for God the Son to drink on that Good Friday. Jesus the Son of God was to experience the full wrath of God on that cross. Crucifixion was a death penalty reserved for the worst of criminals. Many times, victims were stripped completely naked before they were nailed. Many times, they were flogged before they were paraded as criminals. Jesus was beaten to a pulp at the pillar until He couldn't be recognized. Jesus physically died on the cross as a human being in order to be that sinless sacrifice who will pay for the penalty of it. The payment for sin is death. God's wrath can't be appeased without a sacrifice.

The problem of the still ongoing sacrifice of the Mass and masses for the dead deny the full efficacy of Christ's death. Jesus' death on the cross is the once and for all sacrifice that ended all sin sacrifices. That's why there are no more animal sacrifices in the New Testament. Jesus' death is sufficient to pay for all sins that's why masses for the dead in Christ are useless. If the person dies in the grace of God then the person isn't sent to Purgatory. Instead, the person who dies in the grace of God is immediately sent to Heaven - not to some intermediary place where the dead-in-Christ must still pay for their sins until they are clean enough for Heaven. 

If you're a Catholic reading this post then I plead with you to stop adding works to faith. You need to really realize that Jesus' sacrifice is 100% effective to save you from the power of sin and to give you real new life. It's not about Christ plus this and that. It's Christ and Christ alone and a faith that results in works, not faith plus works, that saves.