Rick Smith (29 Aug 2012)
"JFH - re: Salvation"



You said:
"Salvation came to everybody at the same time when Jesus arose on the third day."

That's not true. When Jesus said "It is finished", and gave up the ghost,
THAT is when Salvation came to all mankind.
The veil of the Temple was rent in two, and the barrier between God and man
was torn down. We are saved from our sins by Christ's death, not His Resurrection,
as Wonderful as that was.
The thief on the cross was alive when Jesus died, and when the thief died,
he met our Lord in Paradise. Jesus had not Risen yet.
Jesus' Resurrection was proof that He was God Almighty, but His death satisfied
the sin debt of mankind.