The Gospel Irony

In 2 Nephi 2:7, we read that, “Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered.”

Now, there are dozens, if not hundreds of scriptures that I could use to point this out, but the thought came to me while reading this verse of scripture about the irony of the Savior of Man suffering, bleeding, and dying for every man, woman, and child born on this Earth and many more Earths, when it is HE who has done nothing wrong.  Him who has not offended the law or any person or perfect rule or Spirit.  Him who is the person who deserves it least of all, and yet He did it willingly for us...

Jesus Christ suffered unimaginable pain and anguish, pressure and absolute mind-numbing-sorrow, when He was the only man or person who needed to face Justice because of anything done wrong or out of any debt whatsoever!

He volunteered to go-through or experience all of that for us.  Another part of irony is that, it is because of Him having experienced that first-hand, in the flesh, experientially (not knowing it "through the Spirit" or because He is one with God that Father)--His blood, His sweat, His tears, His body bruised and broken, that has brought out both the possibility of Eternal Life (through His mercy and grace) as well as the Resurrection (through His mercy and grace).3

He only asks of us (those who will partake of the two glorious gifts or even the gift of the resurrection) only to have a broken heart and a contrite spirit.

The tragically ironic part of this "story" is that every person who is born (on this world and others), will be resurrected regardless of what they do or what they believe...  Just done--perfected body!  Even those Sons of Perdition will receive one.  Jesus Christ paid for everyone's sins, though--in other words, everyone could have been made pure and clean to live eternally with their loved-ones and God the Father.  Everyone might have enjoyed this ultimate gift, because the price was already paid, and paid-in-full; millions or billions or more (especially if we're counting numberless worlds...) will have wasted that gift.

Everyone will be resurrected, regardless of what their choices were, but many if not most will have already been paid for "full-admission" into the Celestial Kingdom, and that price was or will have been wasted!  Or, if you want to think of it, in terms if some sort of punishment, that wasted pain and suffering will damn you in the end if not accepted.  Sorry, but true.

JPS