Jesus was unnecessary
1) God is all-knowing
2) God is all-powerful
3) God created man, imperfect and heaven, perfect.
4) Man apparently can't get into heaven.
5) If God wanted to, he could have created a purification method to allow man into Heaven, even though he had sins.
6) God knew that he would create such a purification method (albeit a barbaric one) around 33ADish.
7) But God elected not to for a couple millenia, and instead stuck man with a law that (according to most protestants) left man damned either way because it didn't purify him.
So what we're left with is: God, having the power to purify man's sins effortlessly and knowing that he would need to create a purification method in the future, simply elected not to for several millenia, and when he did, it was a disgusting and brutal act that he intended.
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