What does the resurrection of Jesus actually prove?

[Theo Barnsley]

I have asked this question in a no. of debate forums when the topic of Jesus resurrection has arisen, but have never yet had anybody attempt to answer the question, so will start a new thread on the topic, to see if I can get any sensible responses.

For the purpose of this discussion, I am not attempting to prove or disprove that Jesus resurrection actually occured or not. For the purpose of this discussion I will just assume that it did.

The question is however, what does jesus resurrection actually prove?

If you say that it proves that jesus was god, or gods son. then there is a problem, because around 6 other people were apparently resurrected according to the new testament. So does this prove that they are also gods, or gods son's? If it dosnt, then the resurrection cannot prove that jesus was a god, or gods son.

If you say that it proves that jesus is god or gods son, because he was resurected after 3 days, again there is a problem, because Lazarus was apparently resurrected after 4 days, which would make Lazarus resurrection even more miraculous than Jesus resurrection.

If you say that Jesus was able to perform resurrections himself, & that proves he is god, or gods son, again there is a problem, because in the book of acts, both Peter & Paul are reported to have performed resurrections of dead people.

So Jesus being resurrected does not prove that he is a god, or else we have at least 6 gods in the new testament. Jesus being able to resurrect people also does not prove he was a god, or else Peter & Paul must also be gods.

The Jews also accused Jesus of performing his miracles by magic or through demons (beezlebub), so apparently the jews believed that demons were capable of performing resurrections.

So even if we could prove that Jesus WAS resurrected, how can we know that the resurrection was performed through the power of god, & not through the work of a demon? Maybe Satan resurrected Jesus, because Satan knew that this would cause people to worship a false god?

The christian faith is using the Jewish bible as the foundation stone of their religion, yet they are claiming that the Jews can not interpret their own bible correctly, & that only they can interpret it.

Yet when I hear Jewish Rabbi's such as Rabbi Michael Skobac or Rabbi Tovia Singer explain bible passages that christians CLAIM to be prophecy about Jesus, it is easy to see when they are put into the correct context that these prophecies are not about Jesus at all.

So this is the evidence we have:
1. The resurrection can not prove that Jesus was god or the son of god, because other people were also resurrected in the bible, & they can not all be gods or the son of god.

2. The time that Jesus was dead before being resurrected also is not proof of anything, because Lazarus was apparently dead for a day longer then Jesus before being resurrected.

3. Being able to resurrect people is not proof that you are a god or the son of god, because both Peter & Paul were able to resurrect people.

4. Jesus, Peter & Paul were all accused by the jews of doing their work through demons. It cannot be proven that this is not the case. There is no proof that god was the agency through which their miracles were performed.

5. It can not be proven that any prophecies in the bible were actually about jesus, because jewish rabbis can easily come up with better interpretations of the passages claimed by christian apologists that do not involve jesus.

6. Jesus fulfilled none of the prophecies expected of the messiah, which is why the jews did not accept jesus as the messiah. the followers of jesus also knew that he did not fulfill any prophecies, which is why he apparently has to come a 2nd time to fulfill the prophecies.

7. Jesus apparently had to change his mind on many things after his crucifiction, because there was no traction on getting the jews to believe that he was the messiah. Jesus had to send a 2nd messenger (Paul of Tarsus) to convert the gentiles, because the uptake by jews was so low. In fact the majority of the theology of christianity comes from Paul, not from Jesus.

You would think that jesus, if he were a god or the son of god, would have had the foresight to know this beforehand, & either change the laws himself, or else prophecy that another messenger would come after him to convert the gentiles. He failed to do this. We know from the letters of Paul that there were severe disagreements between Paul & the other apostles, which could have been avoided if jesus had let them know beforehand of his intentions. There are even discussions today in some christian communities about wether Paul of tarsus was a true messenger of god.

8. Jesus gave a time frame of when he was supposed to return, to accomplish the prophecies of the messiah. It was supposed to be in the generation of the apostles who were with jesus at the time. Yet he never returned as he stated he would. At the very least this makes jesus a false prophet.

Christians say that satan is a huge deciever, who is very cunning, & can decieve the whole world. How do we know that satan is not deceiving christians right now, by getting them to believe in jesus? The evidence that christians can put foward for jesus being the messiah is no more compelling than the evidence that Jews can put forward that jesus is NOT the messiah.

If god made the jews his chosen people, there is no reason he would have abandoned them now. If jesus was indeed the messiah, you would think that god would have been smart enough to make the prophecies to the jews crystal clear, so that there was absolutely no doubt in their mind that Jesus was indeed the prophesied messiah. The fact that the claimed prophecies about Jesus are so vague that they can so easily be dismissed by the jews would mean that god deliberately wants the jews & others to be decieved, or else they are not prophecies about Jesus at all, & satan is the one who is deceiving the christians!

 

[Jonaitis]

The question is however, what does jesus resurrection actually prove?

How I have understood it, from Scripture, is it was not only to prove something (which it did), but to accomplish something. For an example:

Jesus could not have saved anyone if he remained dead. His purpose for coming the first time was for him to bring redemption. He had to be obedient to the point of death on a cross, in order that he would offer himself as the perfect appeasement to God's wrath against all that sin deserves. It is commonly misunderstood how he did this, non-Christians pick this up as to mean his external crucifixion was that end. This doesn't make sense, since the dying thief next to him was also crucified (Matthew 13:43). We read instead that it wasn't the nails through his hands and feet that did anything, but it was him bearing the full weight of God's actual wrath toward sin in his body and soul while crucified there (1 Peter 2:24). He suffered the penalty that we deserve under the law in eternal punishment. Since he was truly man, with a real body and rational soul, he was able to do this for guilty sinners in their place; and since he was truly God, which cannot suffer, he was able to endure that eternal weight of pain in a short amount of time as it pleased him in his humanity. The union of his divine nature with his human nature made this only possible, and he suffered what we deserve in hell while flogged, crucified, and naked on the cross in the sight of all who passed by. This is why he said, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46)" and afterward, "It is finished" (John 19:30), before departing from this world for three days.

This death was his mission, it was the end of all that he had to do to redeem sinners and reconcile them to God. If he didn't resurrect, he could not have achieved all forgiveness of sin to believing sinners. If he didn't resurrect, he could not have earned righteousness for his obedience that justifies us before God for us who believe. A dead man cannot save you, but one who continually lives, and the fountain of his blood can continually wash you from all sin and guilt.

This was one reason...

 

[friend of]

Romans 10:9

 

[Pethesedzao]

I have asked this question in a no. of debate forums when the topic of Jesus resurrection has arisen, but have never yet had anybody attempt to answer the question, so will start a new thread on the topic, to see if I can get any sensible responses.

For the purpose of this discussion, I am not attempting to prove or disprove that Jesus resurrection actually occured or not. For the purpose of this discussion I will just assume that it did.

The question is however, what does jesus resurrection actually prove?

If you say that it proves that jesus was god, or gods son. then there is a problem, because around 6 other people were apparently resurrected according to the new testament. So does this prove that they are also gods, or gods son's? If it dosnt, then the resurrection cannot prove that jesus was a god, or gods son.

If you say that it proves that jesus is god or gods son, because he was resurected after 3 days, again there is a problem, because Lazarus was apparently resurrected after 4 days, which would make Lazarus resurrection even more miraculous than Jesus resurrection.

If you say that Jesus was able to perform resurrections himself, & that proves he is god, or gods son, again there is a problem, because in the book of acts, both Peter & Paul are reported to have performed resurrections of dead people.

So Jesus being resurrected does not prove that he is a god, or else we have at least 6 gods in the new testament. Jesus being able to resurrect people also does not prove he was a god, or else Peter & Paul must also be gods.

The Jews also accused Jesus of performing his miracles by magic or through demons (beezlebub), so apparently the jews believed that demons were capable of performing resurrections.

So even if we could prove that Jesus WAS resurrected, how can we know that the resurrection was performed through the power of god, & not through the work of a demon? Maybe Satan resurrected Jesus, because Satan knew that this would cause people to worship a false god?

The christian faith is using the Jewish bible as the foundation stone of their religion, yet they are claiming that the Jews can not interpret their own bible correctly, & that only they can interpret it.

Yet when I hear Jewish Rabbi's such as Rabbi Michael Skobac or Rabbi Tovia Singer explain bible passages that christians CLAIM to be prophecy about Jesus, it is easy to see when they are put into the correct context that these prophecies are not about Jesus at all.

So this is the evidence we have:
1. The resurrection can not prove that Jesus was god or the son of god, because other people were also resurrected in the bible, & they can not all be gods or the son of god.

2. The time that Jesus was dead before being resurrected also is not proof of anything, because Lazarus was apparently dead for a day longer then Jesus before being resurrected.

3. Being able to resurrect people is not proof that you are a god or the son of god, because both Peter & Paul were able to resurrect people.

4. Jesus, Peter & Paul were all accused by the jews of doing their work through demons. It cannot be proven that this is not the case. There is no proof that god was the agency through which their miracles were performed.

5. It can not be proven that any prophecies in the bible were actually about jesus, because jewish rabbis can easily come up with better interpretations of the passages claimed by christian apologists that do not involve jesus.

6. Jesus fulfilled none of the prophecies expected of the messiah, which is why the jews did not accept jesus as the messiah. the followers of jesus also knew that he did not fulfill any prophecies, which is why he apparently has to come a 2nd time to fulfill the prophecies.

7. Jesus apparently had to change his mind on many things after his crucifiction, because there was no traction on getting the jews to believe that he was the messiah. Jesus had to send a 2nd messenger (Paul of Tarsus) to convert the gentiles, because the uptake by jews was so low. In fact the majority of the theology of christianity comes from Paul, not from Jesus.

You would think that jesus, if he were a god or the son of god, would have had the foresight to know this beforehand, & either change the laws himself, or else prophecy that another messenger would come after him to convert the gentiles. He failed to do this. We know from the letters of Paul that there were severe disagreements between Paul & the other apostles, which could have been avoided if jesus had let them know beforehand of his intentions. There are even discussions today in some christian communities about wether Paul of tarsus was a true messenger of god.

8. Jesus gave a time frame of when he was supposed to return, to accomplish the prophecies of the messiah. It was supposed to be in the generation of the apostles who were with jesus at the time. Yet he never returned as he stated he would. At the very least this makes jesus a false prophet.

Christians say that satan is a huge deciever, who is very cunning, & can decieve the whole world. How do we know that satan is not deceiving christians right now, by getting them to believe in jesus? The evidence that christians can put foward for jesus being the messiah is no more compelling than the evidence that Jews can put forward that jesus is NOT the messiah.

If god made the jews his chosen people, there is no reason he would have abandoned them now. If jesus was indeed the messiah, you would think that god would have been smart enough to make the prophecies to the jews crystal clear, so that there was absolutely no doubt in their mind that Jesus was indeed the prophesied messiah. The fact that the claimed prophecies about Jesus are so vague that they can so easily be dismissed by the jews would mean that god deliberately wants the jews & others to be decieved, or else they are not prophecies about Jesus at all, & satan is the one who is deceiving the christians!

Praying for you.

 

[Theo Barnsley]

How I have understood it, from Scripture, is it was not only to prove something (which it did), but to accomplish something. For an example:

Jesus could not have saved anyone if he remained dead. His purpose for coming the first time was for him to bring redemption. He had to be obedient to the point of death on a cross, in order that he would offer himself as the perfect appeasement to God's wrath against all that sin deserves. It is commonly misunderstood how he did this, non-Christians pick this up as to mean his external crucifixion was that end. This doesn't make sense, since the dying thief next to him was also crucified (Matthew 13:43). We read instead that it wasn't the nails through his hands and feet that did anything, but it was him bearing the full weight of God's actual wrath toward sin in his body and soul while crucified there (1 Peter 2:24). He suffered the penalty that we deserve under the law in eternal punishment. Since he was truly man, with a real body and rational soul, he was able to do this for guilty sinners in their place; and since he was truly God, which cannot suffer, he was able to endure that eternal weight of pain in a short amount of time as it pleased him in his humanity. The union of his divine nature with his human nature made this only possible, and he suffered what we deserve in hell while flogged, crucified, and naked on the cross in the sight of all who passed by. This is why he said, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46)" and afterward, "It is finished" (John 19:30), before departing from this world for three days.

This death was his mission, it was the end of all that he had to do to redeem sinners and reconcile them to God. If he didn't resurrect, he could not have achieved all forgiveness of sin to believing sinners. If he didn't resurrect, he could not have earned righteousness for his obedience that justifies us before God for us who believe. A dead man cannot save you, but one who continually lives, and the fountain of his blood can continually wash you from all sin and guilt.

This was one reason...

Thanks for the explanation. I dont see however that this proves that jesus death was necessary to accomplish anything, or that he was god or the son of god. I dont see why an all powerful creator god, would deem it necessary to have a human sacrifice in order to forgive peoples sins. Surely an all powerful creator god can just forgive peoples sins WITHOUT the need of a human sacrifice.

I do however see why it would be necesary for a demon to have a human sacrifice. The demon would need the sacrifice & resurrection in order to take peoples minds away from the real god, & have them believe that this was a miraculous event that could only be performed by a god, & get them to worship this new sacrificed 'god' instead of the actual god.

God also makes it clear not to worship idols, but dosnt the catholic church do exactly that by worshipping the image of a man on a cross, & the mother mary? Why would god knowinglyy intoduce a concept that would cause people to worship idols (god knows everything beforehand apparently, he would know that this would happen).

It makes no sense for god to tell people all the way through the old testament that there is only one god, & that people are only to worship him, & then to suddenly tell people that, well there is one god, but also a son of god & a holy spirit that you have to worship as well, otherwise you can not know the one god unless you also know these other gods, which are actually one god but 3 gods!

Also the idea of drinking a persons blood, & eating a persons flesh would have been anathema to jews, & sounds a lot like the sort of thing Satan worshippers would do to me!

The biggest problem is that there is no evidence that Jesus resurection or purported miracles was through god. The only evidence is that the Old Testament, according only to christians, apparently prophesied jesus, however Jewish Rabi's deny that the old Testament prophesies jesus at all, & can explain the old testament without inserting jesus into it at all.

So it is a question of, do I believe the christian apologists who claim that the old testament prophesied jesus, or do I believe the Jewish rabbis who claim that the old testament did NOT prophesy jesus. After hearing the arguments & interpretations of both, the christian apologists run into lots of problems making the old testament fit. They are only able to do so with creative interpretation, taking biblical passages out of context, & distorting the original meaning.

 

[Theo Barnsley]

Praying for you.

Praying for me does not answer the question asked, & is unlikely to achieve anything other than you wasting your time praying for me!

 

[Theo Barnsley]

Romans 10:9

Again, what is quoting Romans 10:9 supposed to prove. If jesus death & resurection is a construct orchestrated through Satan, & Paul is doing Satans work in order to decieve people, you would expect him to say these sorts of things. The goal is to get you away from worshipping the true god, & get you to worship another false god in the form of jesus.

 

[friend of]

prove

That you do not believe that Jesus resurrected and aren't saved?

 

[friend of]

If jesus death & resurection is a construct orchestrated through Satan, & Paul is doing Satans work in order to decieve people, you would expect him to say these sorts of things.

This is one of the blackest lies there is.

 

[Theo Barnsley]

This is one of the blackest lies there is.

Then show me evidence that what you believe about Jesus is any more valid than the scenario that I have stated? What you believe makes no more logical sense than the scenario that I have proposed as an explanation for the resurection.

Your problem is that you have invested your life in believing that what you currently believe is true, so you are not prepared to entertain any other explanation, no matter how illogical your belief may be. I on the other hand have not invested my life into believing what some church or religion has told me I should believe to be true, so I am free to speculate.

This is supposed to be a debate forum. If you have any evidence that what I have proposed can be proven false, then present it!

 

[WESTOZZIE]

Hi Theo(logy),
When Jesus was raised from death, it was so that he would receive an immortal physical body, which he did receive. Scripture tells us that He alone possesses immortality. The body Jesus received is immortal, and He ever lives to make intercession on our behalf. Those who believe in Jesus and receive Him into their hearts receive the Spirit of God as their new spirit....but one day believers shall receive an immortal body just like Christ's.
He did not just get raised from death like Lazarus, and then later die...as the Merovingian legend suggests.
Also Theo...Jesus is all through the Old Testament Scriptures.
Jesus Hebrew name is Yeshua
Even though you have strong arguments Theo, this is not your heart speaking, but your intellect.
It still remains for you to hear Jesus knocking upon the door of your heart and to open that door, giving Him permission to enter into all that you are. Rev 3:20 If you do that, He will come into you and live as you, with you, bringing His faith and love and all you need with Him.
I bless you Theo!

 

[Neostarwcc]

The resurrection of the little girl and of Lazarus..etc were to prove that Jesus had the ability to resurrect the dead and it proved that he was at the very least a prophet or somebody with powers from God because as far as I know only God or somebody inspired by God can actually raise the dead. When Jesus rose himself from the dead it proved that he was God because only God can resurrect himself from the dead. That is a feat that has never been done before in this worlds long history. All of the other prophets and religious figures are still dead in their graves. Christ is the only living savior.

I think the main reason he had to prove that he could raise the dead was because then no other ppeople would believe in Christs return and believe that Christ will come back to raise the righteous and unrighteous dead. His entire second coming would be pointless if he cannot raise the dead or prove that he can raise the dead.

 

[Kerensa]

Hi Theo,

I was an agnostic myself for years, so I can understand where you're coming from (and incidentally, I come from just the other side of the Tasman from you, but never mind ). You raise some really good points and hard questions that aren't answerable from the standpoint of "you should believe in this because if you don't you'll go to hell", which is possibly why you haven't had any answers to your satisfaction yet.

You're absolutely correct that Jesus' resurrection doesn't in itself prove he was God or the son of God. As you say, a number of other people in the Bible were raised from the dead — and not only by Jesus (and not only in the New Testament, either) — and that doesn't make those people God. And it's also true that Jesus didn't fulfil what the Jews understood (and still understand) to be the prophecies of the Messiah. Jesus' followers — the earliest of whom were all Jews themselves — found their own evidence in the Jewish scriptures to show that Jesus was the Messiah (the Christ), despite the fact that this wasn't the same evidence, or the same interpretation of it, that other Jews (then or now) would take to prove the Messiah's identity. Judaism in any case has never taught that the Messiah was meant to die, let alone come back from the dead!

But back to the main question... To me, Jesus' resurrection was the absolute triumph of life over death, of love over hate, of good over evil. He came to show us, as clearly as possible, what God is like and how God's power and love overcome EVERY aspect of evil, including ultimately death itself. That's why he had to come back from the dead — to prove that evil cannot win and that God's image and likeness (which in fact, in our true nature, we ALL are) can never be destroyed. He didn't come for us merely to believe blindly in him, but for us to learn how to be like him. That's why his followers did — and some today still do — the healing and saving works that he did, as he commanded them to.

I don't have a whole lot of time to write now, but I would be happy to keep up a friendly conversation with you on these topics (I don't do debates!) here if you'd like. Again, you're asking pertinent questions that SHOULD be answered or at least considered deeply, not fobbed off. I can't remember who said this — another agnostic or atheist, I think — but I saw a quote recently to the effect of "I'd rather have questions that cannot be answered than answers that cannot be questioned." Same here. I do believe there are answers — I've found ones that have transformed my own life — but they don't come without honest questioning and refusal to be satisfied with non-answers. So keep it up.

 

[d taylor]

The Jews also accused Jesus of performing his miracles by magic or through demons (beezlebub), so apparently the Jews believed that demons were capable of performing resurrections.

This where you do not understand the Bible. The Jews accuse Jesus of demon possession for the healing of a demon-possessed, blind and mute.

Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. And all the multitudes were amazed and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”

The disciples could not heal this person.

When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!” Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.” But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.

And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?

Only the promised Messiah was stated as being able to a heal demon-possessed, blind and mute. Nobody else was able to accomplish that no one. And that is why the Jews accused Jesus of demon possession because now the Jews leaders had to make the decision is Jesus the promised Messiah from Old Testament prophecies.

As for the resurrection
Jesus resurrection is the first permanent resurrection; Jesus did not die again.

All the other resurrections in the Bible were “temporary” in that those raised to life died again. Lazarus died twice; Jesus rose from the grave by the power of God never to die again.

Jesus accomplished all His miracles by the power of the Holy Spirit.
But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come to you.

 

[Neostarwcc]

This where you do not understand the Bible. The Jews accuse Jesus of demon possession for the healing of a demon-possessed, blind and mute.

Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. And all the multitudes were amazed and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”

The disciples could not heal this person.

When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!” Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.” But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.

And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?

Only the promised Messiah was stated as being able to a heal demon-possessed, blind and mute. Nobody else was able to accomplish that no one. And that is why the Jews accused Jesus of demon possession because now the Jews leaders had to make the decision is Jesus the promised Messiah from Old Testament prophecies.

As for the resurrection
Jesus resurrection is the first permanent resurrection; Jesus did not die again.

All the other resurrections in the Bible were “temporary” in that those raised to life died again. Lazarus died twice; Jesus rose from the grave by the power of God never to die again.

Jesus accomplished all His miracles by the power of the Holy Spirit.
But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come to you.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Well done.

 

[d taylor]

Couldn't have said it better myself. Well done.

Did not see a thank you on those little (like, prayers,agree,etc..) symbols.
So i will just say thank you.

 

[Neostarwcc]

Did not see a thank you on those little (like, prayers,agree,etc..) symbols.
So i will just say thank you.

Yeah the admins really should add more ratings buttons. Like maybe a dislike rating instead of a like rating and a thank you. They can remove the funny rating because mostly people just use it to troll and get reactions out of people.

 

[Neostarwcc]

Something is like to add to my post and forgot. We know that Jesus rose himself from the dead because otherwise what happened to his body? His followers couldn't have stolen the body because they had trained Roman soldiers guarding his tomb. His body just "disappeared". So Jesus had to of rose himself from the dead. There's no other explanation. Unless you want to make the argument that he never existed and the story is false. But I won't go off topic on that one.

 

[Bobber]

I have asked this question in a no. of debate forums when the topic of Jesus resurrection has arisen, but have never yet had anybody attempt to answer the question, so will start a new thread on the topic, to see if I can get any sensible responses.

OK but how about we make a deal that we all the readers to decide what is sensible. You present you case and maybe many of us will provide ours.

If you say that it proves that jesus was god, or gods son. then there is a problem, because around 6 other people were apparently resurrected according to the new testament.

I've haven't counted the exactly number in the book of Acts that were but OK. But these people were led by God and did these things In The Name of Jesus not in their own names.

So does this prove that they are also gods, or gods son's? If it dosnt, then the resurrection cannot prove that jesus was a god, or gods son.

Jewish culture believed the only one who had power over LIFE was God. Then you look at the character of Jesus....if he wasn't divininty why would he lead people to believe that he was?

If you say that it proves that jesus is god or gods son, because he was resurected after 3 days, again there is a problem, because Lazarus was apparently resurrected after 4 days, which would make Lazarus resurrection even more miraculous than Jesus resurrection.

What's your point? It was Christ that rose Lazarus from the dead by commanding him to come forth! The one who has LIFE is God

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f you say that Jesus was able to perform resurrections himself, & that proves he is god, or gods son, again there is a problem, because in the book of acts, both Peter & Paul are reported to have performed resurrections of dead people.

Yes in the Name of Jesus!

 

[d taylor]

I dont see however that this proves that jesus death was necessary to accomplish anything, or that he was god or the son of god. I dont see why an all powerful creator god, would deem it necessary to have a human sacrifice in order to forgive peoples sins. Surely an all powerful creator god can just forgive peoples sins WITHOUT the need of a human sacrifice.
I do however see why it would be necesary for a demon to have a human sacrifice. The demon would need the sacrifice & resurrection in order to take peoples minds away from the real god, & have them believe that this was a miraculous event that could only be performed by a god, & get them to worship this new sacrificed 'god' instead of the actual god.

When Adam sinned God chose (because he is God) the mode of redemption for mankind and God chose blood that is seen after Adams and Eves sin, God made a covering for Adam and Eve.
It is also interesting that Adam and Eve had made their own covering but God rejected their work and covering. To me that is and example of you can not save yourself, it is God eternal life (the tunic of skin) that one must have not your work of fig leaves.

And for God to make that tunic blood had to be shed (an Animal was killed)

Genesis
Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.