If God wants to forgive us, if god wants to forgive us so much that he sent his only begotten son to die...why can't he just forgive us?
[b]Why do you suppose that he needs death and blood and torture to forgive if that is his desire?[/b]
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The base of it is this: Man gained two things by eating the fruit: 1. Sin (The soul-disease) 2. Knowledge of good and evil (awareness of transgression)
Sin is a corruptor of everything and is hereditary. We are not evil, but sick. We are born corrupted. Corruption cannot have fellowship with God, who is not corrupted.
God set the law in place to show man that they are corrupted and dependent on Him to be saved from their corruption
God then sent His Son, incorruptible, to fulfill the law (sinless) and die with the curse of Sin within him, then to rise again to ascend back to the Father. (Firstborn to paradise) This made Christ: 1. Eternally Righteous.
Next, there is Pentecost. Jesus sent his spirit to live in us. 1. We sacrifice our life and desire (ego death) (killing the sin-spirit) 2. We accept Christ’s Spirit to live In us (making us righteous because God himself now inhabits is) 3. When our body dies, The Father recognizes the spirit of His son, not the sin-spirit.
Simple Easy to remember Why didn’t he just 86 Satan and not let any of it happen? Idk
Well yes, that's the story of what happened. My question is [i]why[/i].
Even going back to the Old Testament, god appears to want blood sacrifice to achieve forgiveness.
Why does god need blood to forgive? Why the need for all the hoops? Even if you want to limit god's forgiveness to those people who believe in and love him, why the need for blood magic thrown in?
