This article is to those readers who do not know who
Jesus is and why He is God and Savior of a fallen humanity.
The video linked here is of a debate on Sid Roth its
supernatural show. Sid is a Jew who came to the knowledge
that Jesus was the Messiah and his shows are a testimony of
his faith. In this video he gives his personal testimony
about his orthodox father’s conversion at his death bed a
short time before he died.
The requirement of forgiveness of sins is explained as
well as eternal salvation or condemnation. Also explained is
the need for a substitute to take your place with the death
sentence that every human being carries with them upon
reaching the age of accountability.
What is this concept of a death sentence that I am
mentioning? and where does it come from?
The origin of it is in the Bible and it is in the
narrative of the book of Genesis. There we see the creation
of men and the universe by God. Please read Genesis 2 &
3 before continuing.
God had created a perfect man and woman and the place He
put them on was also perfect. Adam he originally formed from
the material He made the earth with that He had declared
good before. This material was eternal and perfect. The
woman he took from a rib of the man and using Adams DNA He
formed Eve. At this point everything was perfect as Paradise
should be.
But, and there is always a but, God at some point in time
(this concept of time is also for many pages of discussion)
before had created spiritual beings without a physical body
called angels and with them had instituted a celestial
government under His rule and authority. One of the highest
ranking angels He created, Lucifer or Satan rebelled against
God and His rule and dragged one third of the angels to
rebel with him. These angels are the demons, fallen angels
and the progeny of them the Nephilin. This rebellion against
the rule of God is what brought the death sentence to these
angels. The angels are immortal spirits and death does
not mean to cease to exist it means eternal banishment from
heaven and punishment in the Lake of Fire.
Back in the garden Adam and Eve were living great with no
limits to their movements or actions except for one simple
rule. Do not eat from a certain tree, that of the knowledge
of good and evil. with the rule came the consequences that
had to be paid for the disobedience of the rule. And that
penalty was death. Keep in mind also that God sees all the
future all the way to eternity. It is at this point that
Satan is first introduced in the Bible and we must assume
the same with Adam and Eve. Satan in his state of leader of
the rebellion and knowing the consequences of it decided to
enroll humans in his ranks to oppose God and destroy His
plans and creation. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, He
confronted them as well as Satan as a Judge and Omnipotent
ruler. He pronounced the sentence of guilty by asking them
how they knew their were naked, then pronounced sentences to
all of them and cursed creation introducing the law of
entropy to the Universe, this law is the one that makes
everything with matter decompose and break down to its most
basic element, thus death came to the creation.
In His judgment He provided mercy for Adam and Eve , but
not for Satan. This mercy was a way to avoid death and
eternal separation and punishment from God. Somebody was
going to be found that was able to pay with death the
penalty that was imputed to Adam And Eve and all their
descendants. That person was Jesus who was born without sin
(He was God and human) and therefore was not excluded for
paying for others.
I hope all this will help in understanding better the
video below and I want to thank Mary Anna for her post.
Nando
Nando