Summary
The Urantia revelation rejects the concept that Jesus' crucifixion was a sacrificial offering made to God in full payment for the sins of mankind--a dogma subscribed to by all major Christian sects.
However, if Jesus' crucifixion was not such a sacrificial offering, why then was he crucified?
Jesus' teachings were completely peaceful, threatening no one. He was no rabble rouser, he deplored violence, refused to defend himself, regularly used statements such as if someone demands your coat, give him your cloak as well, or if he forces you to carry his bag for one mile, carry it an extra mile.
Right up to the time of his arrest, both he and his apostles could simply have fled--all the way to Galilee, and beyond if necessary. He allowed his capture and instructed his apostles not to resist.
The accounts of his arrest both in the New Testament and the Urantia revelation show that his opposition group had no legal case against him. They had to fabricate something.
The accounts of events prior to the arrest also agree that Jesus asked the Father if there was any way the crucifixion could be avoided. (TUB p.1968; Matt. 26:39; Mark 14:36) Apparently there was not.
Jesus' Spirit of Truth--its work and effects
On the night before the crucifixion, Jesus addressed the apostles: "If I go not away, the new teacher cannot come into your hearts. I must be divested of this mortal body and be restored to my place on high before I can send this spirit teacher to live in your souls and lead your spirits into the truth. And when my spirit comes to indwell you, it will illuminate the difference between sin and righteousness and will enable you to judge wisely in your hearts concerning them." (1951)
"When I have been delivered from this investment of mortal nature, I will be able to return as a spirit indweller of each of you and of all other believers in this gospel of the kingdom. In this way the Son of Man will become a spiritual incarnation in the souls of all true believers." (1953)
The chief purpose of the Spirit of Truth--to foster awareness of its chief purpose: "The chief purpose in living is in doing the Father's will." (1951)
"If you would follow after me when I leave you, put forth your earnest efforts to live in accordance with the spirit of my teachings and with the ideal of my life--the doing of my Father's will." (1953)
"Jesus gives peace to his fellow doers of the will of God but not on the order of the joys and satisfactions of this material world. The peace which Michael (Jesus) gives his children on earth is that very peace which filled his own soul when he himself lived the mortal life in the flesh and on this very world. The peace of Jesus is the joy and satisfaction of a God-knowing individual who has achieved the triumph of learning fully how to do the will of God while living the mortal life in the flesh. The peace of Jesus' mind was founded on an absolute human faith in the actuality of the divine Father's wise and sympathetic overcare." (1954)
"The Master knew all that was to befall him, and he was unafraid. After he had bestowed this peace upon each of his followers, he could consistently say, "Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." (1955)
"The peace of Jesus is, then, the peace and assurance of a son who fully believes that his career for time and eternity is safely and wholly in the care and keeping of an all-wise, all-loving, and all-powerful spirit Father. And this is, indeed, a peace which passes the understanding of mortal mind, but which can be enjoyed to the full by the believing human heart." (1955)
