Why didn't God forgive Adam and Eve?
If God sent his only son to die on the cross for the Forgiveness of our sins, then why didn't God just forgive Adam and Eve? And save himself the trouble of having his son die on the cross.
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Straylight · 31-35, F
DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F
@Straylight the reason for the animal sacrifices was because back then their livestock was their wealth. It was symbolic of giving up something very valuable to show your love for God.
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@DeluxedEdition I believe she's talking about Jesus's sacrifice on the cross.
@Straylight It's because he lived as a man, he made himself feel humanity. It was his way of showing that he would endure the very same things that could happen to us. It would not be as compelling if he was like "yo I'm omniscient guys just trust me." And then in reference to forgiveness he took upon all that ugliness with mercy and humility by continuing to offer salvation, such being the extent of his benevolence.
@Straylight It's because he lived as a man, he made himself feel humanity. It was his way of showing that he would endure the very same things that could happen to us. It would not be as compelling if he was like "yo I'm omniscient guys just trust me." And then in reference to forgiveness he took upon all that ugliness with mercy and humility by continuing to offer salvation, such being the extent of his benevolence.
Adstar · 56-60, M
@Straylight
To pay the penalty of sin for us...
The penalty for sin is death...
Imagine a human judge adjudicating on a case.. The Law of the land stipulates fines for certain crimes.. This is to stop judges corruptly giving lesser fines to people they like and to stop them giving higher fines for people they may dislike.. So in this case the offender a car thief is found guilty of stealing and the burning the stolen car.. The standard fine for this offense has been established as $50,000 fine or 3 years in prison.. The offender is remorseful for their offense and has confessed to the crime.. The offender being a young poor man cannot gather the required $50,000 dollars.. This means the judge must impose a 3 year prison sentence. But the judge knows this young man is a good looking guy and knows what will happen to him in a prison environment. The judge wants to save him from that kind of trauma..
So the judge first imposes the $50,000 fine and then steps down from the bench and approaches the young man with a check for $50,000 dollars and offers it to the young man as a gift so He can pay his fine in full.. The offender happily accepts the gift and the fine is paid and the man walks away with his freedom and no one can accuse the judge of corruption because the stipulated fine has been paid in full by the offender..
That is an analogy of what the LORD ( Judge ) has done through the Atonement of the LORD Jesus Christ for all sinners who accept they are guilty of sin and are accepting of the gift of the Atonement that pays the death penalty their sins deserve..
Why does God need to make a sacrifice to… himself?
To pay the penalty of sin for us...
The penalty for sin is death...
Imagine a human judge adjudicating on a case.. The Law of the land stipulates fines for certain crimes.. This is to stop judges corruptly giving lesser fines to people they like and to stop them giving higher fines for people they may dislike.. So in this case the offender a car thief is found guilty of stealing and the burning the stolen car.. The standard fine for this offense has been established as $50,000 fine or 3 years in prison.. The offender is remorseful for their offense and has confessed to the crime.. The offender being a young poor man cannot gather the required $50,000 dollars.. This means the judge must impose a 3 year prison sentence. But the judge knows this young man is a good looking guy and knows what will happen to him in a prison environment. The judge wants to save him from that kind of trauma..
So the judge first imposes the $50,000 fine and then steps down from the bench and approaches the young man with a check for $50,000 dollars and offers it to the young man as a gift so He can pay his fine in full.. The offender happily accepts the gift and the fine is paid and the man walks away with his freedom and no one can accuse the judge of corruption because the stipulated fine has been paid in full by the offender..
That is an analogy of what the LORD ( Judge ) has done through the Atonement of the LORD Jesus Christ for all sinners who accept they are guilty of sin and are accepting of the gift of the Atonement that pays the death penalty their sins deserve..
Straylight · 31-35, F
@Adstar Ok, I think I’m getting it. Basically the price of sin was so great that we could never atone for it, so God paid it for us as a sign of forgiveness?
Adstar · 56-60, M
@Straylight Yes.. The Way to salvation for human beings is to be justly foirgiven the things that make us unworthy of salvation.. Not by vainly striving to attain perfection to purchace our own salvation.. Thats the difference between recieving it as a gift, not trying to buy it..