There is a purpose, I think, but What was the purpose?
2007-09-28 04:48:29 · 16 answers · asked by Janet Reincarnated 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
grumpyfiend, God was pissed of? You are giving God character that He doesn't have. Being pissed of is part of human nature. Being pissed of is childish and very low enlighted. We overcome, we learn, we forgive. Still doesn't make sense to me...
2007-09-28 06:03:50 · update #1
Uncle thesis, how come Jesus told us to forgive seventy times seven? Over and over? Still doesn't make sense to me.
2007-09-28 06:05:55 · update #2
Intel, if they didn't know how to ask for forgiveness, they shouldn't be punished... I mean, can someone be punished for not speaking if the person is mute?
2007-09-28 17:10:32 · update #3
Everybody says God forgave them, but made them face consequences... sorry, but this is not forgiving to me!! Forgive is letting it go, erasing the fault, setting the person free, giving another chance and FORGETTING. It doesn't make sense to me.
2007-09-28 17:13:35 · update #4
the god of the old testament was vengeful and punishing
the god of the new testament is forgiving and loving
never made sense to me.
2007-09-28 04:51:50 · answer #1 · answered by friskygimp 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Forgiveness is the result of repentance. There is no evidence that Adam & Eve did not repent & put their trust in God's promise to provide a way of reconciliation to Him. God does not lie. If He said sin would bring death to the human race, He indeed followed through. But the wonder is that HE has provided a way for us to be reconciled to Him, by trusting in Christ & having His perfect life accounted to all those who believe!
[Reconciliation: a process of a relationship gone wrong, as the result of one party causing a rift, by putting an end a relationship of enmity and by substituting for one of peace and good will. ]
[Reconcile: to restore; to reestablish a close relationship between; to settle or resolve]
2007-09-28 12:05:10 · answer #2 · answered by Phoebe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the early Jews were polytheist.
Stay with me for a second...I'll explain.
The Christian belief is that God is plural in Genesis because it is God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit all together doing things. If you look at how God acts though, it is clear there is no Jesus (forgiver). Jesus wasnt created until the Jews needed a way to fight the Romans, so there was no forgiver back then.
2007-09-28 11:55:37 · answer #3 · answered by Showtunes 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He did forgive them just like he forgives us when we sin. And then , just like now, forgiveness does not do away with the consequences of sin. There are always consequences for sin, whether immediate or later we will suffer those consequences. The purpose is this. If we repent of our sin, we will not suffer the eternal consequences of sin which is separation from God or hell. Come to Christ Janet, Come to Christ
2007-09-28 12:01:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God would of found a way to forgive them, but Adam and Eve didn't know how to ask for forgiveness.
2007-09-28 16:50:17 · answer #5 · answered by inteleyes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want the real answer, youre not going to beleive it.
The Jewish bible was written as a record of the history of our human existence. Genisis has been found in ancient babylonian texts in much greater detail than the one in the Hebrew bible, and in it it mentions "Gods" not just God. Genisis refers to a time in which there were superior beings living on earth which were not all mighty and all forgiving, yet were so superior to our ancestors we thought of them as Gods. These are the beings who "banished" Adam and Eve (who may very well be metaphores within themselves) out of paradise (which might be a metaphore for some cataclysmic event).
The new testament refers to the "one true God" who exist infinitely and is infinitely forgiving and loving. Totally different dude. this ones the real thing. dig it.
2007-09-28 11:58:04 · answer #6 · answered by nacsez 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
...do not confuse "forgiveness" with allowing one to get away with a "crime"...the two are quite separate...If someone comes into my house, for instance, and vandalizes it, then leaves, I could learn to forgive this, but would still expect this person to pay for the crime...is this not what God did when considering Adam & Eve's sin ?
...think about it that way...
2007-09-28 13:16:37 · answer #7 · answered by EvelynMine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God did forgive them. It required the death of an animal to cloth them, which pointed to the first atonement sacrifice (covering). But that does not reverse consequences.
2007-09-28 11:56:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He could have but the issue of his Universal sovereignty was put to question. This would take time to resolve. Not to mention that the first human couple had no excuse for disobedience, having been created perfect and with things in abundance.
2007-09-28 12:00:19 · answer #9 · answered by Sal D 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe He did forgive them of their sin, but there remained a void between us and God, and God sent Jesus to bridge that void so that we can have fellow ship together again.
2007-09-28 12:02:52 · answer #10 · answered by tim 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't that God didn't forgive them cause he did,it was to experience "the consequences" of their actions,that was the purpose.
2007-09-28 11:57:01 · answer #11 · answered by Sidetracked0260 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋