County of statue: Cooper County
Location of statue: 11th St. & E Locust St., Boonville
This statue stands on a stone wall on the west edge of the cemetery, with a 40 yard long sidewalk from the entrance road to the statue.
At the base of the statue is a quote: one line of the Our Father prayer as Christ gave it in the bible
"One of the things that is many times referred as a result of Jesus' death is redemption. "Redemption" is a work that assumes the existence of a redeemer i.e. someone that makes the redemption available, and the existence of a ransom that is paid for it. To find out what was that from which Jesus Christ redeemed us as well as what was the ransom that he paid, we will go to Titus 2:14.
There we read:
Titus 2:14
"Who [Jesus] GAVE HIMSELF FOR US, THAT HE MIGHT REDEEM US FROM ALL INIQUITY"
"Jesus Christ redeemed us FROM ALL INIQUITY, and he obtained it by GIVING HIMSELF FOR US. In other words, HE was the ransom of our redemption from "ALL INIQUITY". As he himself also said in Matthew 20:28:
Matthew 20:28
"just as the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR MANY."
"Jesus came "to serve AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR MANY". And as great as was this ransom that was paid for us so great was also the redemption that was obtained by it. Really, Hebrews 9:11-12 speaking for this redemption tells us:
Hebrews 9:11-12
"But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Not with the blood of goats and calves, BUT WITH HIS OWN BLOOD HE ENTERED IN ONCE INTO THE HOLY PLACE, HAVING OBTAINED ETERNAL REDEMPTION FOR US."
"The priests of the law offered calves and goats by which they endeavored to obtain the remission of sins. As we will see later, what they were doing was inadequate. In contrast, Jesus presented to God HIS OWN BLOOD by which he obtained ETERNAL REDEMPTION FOR US. As Ephesians 1:7 and Colossians 1:14 also say:
Ephesians 1:7
"In him [Jesus] WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his [God's] grace;"
Colossians 1:14
"In whom [Jesus] WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, even the forgiveness of sins:"
"The redemption is not in our good works and behavior. It is not in our religious devotion. It is not in our worth and personal value. Instead it is IN JESUS. And it is a redemption "according to the riches of God's grace" i.e. an abundant, complete and as we read eternal redemption." ~ The Journal of Biblical Accuracy, [link below]
"Jesus (c. 4 BC – AD 30 / 33), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the central figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion. Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Messiah (the Christ) prophesied in the Old Testament.
"Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically, although the quest for the historical Jesus has yielded some uncertainty on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the Jesus portrayed in the Bible reflects the historical Jesus, as the only records of Jesus' life are contained in the four Gospels. Jesus was a Galilean Jew, who was baptized by John the Baptist and began his own ministry. He preached orally and was often referred to as "rabbi". Jesus debated with fellow Jews on how to best follow God, engaged in healings, taught in parables and gathered followers. He was arrested and tried by the Jewish authorities, turned over to the Roman government, and crucified on the order of Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect. After his death, his followers believed he rose from the dead, and the community they formed eventually became the early Church.
"Christian doctrines include the beliefs that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born of a virgin named Mary, performed miracles, founded the Christian Church, died by crucifixion as a sacrifice to achieve atonement for sin, rose from the dead, and ascended into Heaven, from where he will return. Commonly, Christians believe Jesus enables people to be reconciled to God. The Nicene Creed asserts that Jesus will judge the living and the dead either before or after their bodily resurrection, an event tied to the Second Coming of Jesus in Christian eschatology. The great majority of Christians worship Jesus as the incarnation of God the Son, the second of three persons of the Trinity. A small minority of Christian denominations reject Trinitarianism, wholly or partly, as non-scriptural. The birth of Jesus is celebrated annually on December 25 as Christmas. His crucifixion is honored on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. The widely used calendar era "AD", from the Latin anno Domini ("year of the Lord"), and the equivalent alternative "CE", are based on the approximate birthdate of Jesus.
"Jesus is also revered outside of Christianity. In Islam, Jesus (commonly transliterated as Isa) is considered one of God's important prophets and the Messiah. Muslims believe Jesus was born of a virgin, but was neither God nor a begotten God. The Quran states that Jesus never claimed divinity. Muslims do not believe that he was killed or crucified, but that he was physically raised into Heaven by God. In contrast, Judaism rejects the belief that Jesus was the awaited Messiah, arguing that he did not fulfill Messianic prophecies, and was neither divine nor resurrected." ~ Wikipedia