I sent you a couple definitive scriptural quotes of Jesus Christ above saying that. I'm glad you have zeroed in on the real question - our need for Atonememt and God's willingness and power to condescend and provide it for us.My recollection is that the words "Hashem" and Jehovah occur nowhere in the NT. When He is accused of claiming to be God, He points out that the scriptures say "Ye are gods." (Mormons must love that one!) Nor can I find any place where Jesus refers to Himself as savior.
We are on the same page of the hymnbook here. The fly on the page, though, is "abstract need." Just as you don't believe that anyone can be familiar with the voice of the Holy Spirit, in spite of thousands of years of evidence that many can and are, you don't seem to believe that a need which you don't currently understand really exists. It's just abstract, which I suppose means artificial, some sort of theological rationalization invented by man to try to understand God through our own pitiful intellects.Ultimately I believe repentance is the only thing God requires to forgive our sins. I believe that something like the Crucifixion was necessary to demonstrate the depth of God's love and bring about repentance. It is therefore based on our own needs not some abstract need for God to extract justice. That being the case, then I don't see this has something that would happen once and never again. God would try again and again to reach us throughout history.
Such uninspired rationalization happens every day, of course, in every church house and synagogue. You and I both do it. It is why we need, and God offers again and again, personal communion with Him. James 1:5-8 is only one such invitation, but he gives some specific instructions that are helpful. Moroni 10:4-5 in the Book of Mormon is another such unequivocal promise, with step-by-step instructions.
Your expectation that the cross (metaphorcally speaking) would happen again and again is perfectly congruent with biblical Christianity because He commanded his disciples (meaning you and me) to take up our crosses daily. That is really congruent with all of the great world religions. CS Lewis goes into some detail about that in "Mere Christianity." The Almighty reaches out to humanity again and again, and is very flexible about how He does so. I bought and read a short treatise just last evening by a Sikh breakoff group; the title is "The Inner Voice," and you would find it a satisfying read. Same root and trunk.
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