Gotcha. I'll still contend (glibly) that the necessity for God to sacrifice himself to himself in order to create a loophole for a state of the world he put in motion and he knew would come to pass, is odd.
BUT, it is Easter weekend for you, and I respect that, and hope you and your family celebrate and have a great time!
See I don’t think He 100% knew what was going to pass. What He did know was that the end result of creating free will human beings was good, and us going through this life is a way to have us with Him forever. God didn’t sacrifice Himself to Himself, but sacrificed Himself FOR us. The sacrifice is to cover the sins we have committed, so we can be with Him for eternity (otherwise our imperfect selves would not be fit to be with Him, there’s a lot more theology behind that). I know it seems odd but it does make sense, at least to me. Thank you for the kind words and I’m looking forward to Easter, I hope you have some time with your family too if you can! God bless :)
Gotcha. I'll still contend (glibly) that the necessity for God to sacrifice himself to himself in order to create a loophole for a state of the world he put in motion and he knew would come to pass, is odd.
BUT, it is Easter weekend for you, and I respect that, and hope you and your family celebrate and have a great time!
See I don’t think He 100% knew what was going to pass. What He did know was that the end result of creating free will human beings was good, and us going through this life is a way to have us with Him forever. God didn’t sacrifice Himself to Himself, but sacrificed Himself FOR us. The sacrifice is to cover the sins we have committed, so we can be with Him for eternity (otherwise our imperfect selves would not be fit to be with Him, there’s a lot more theology behind that). I know it seems odd but it does make sense, at least to me. Thank you for the kind words and I’m looking forward to Easter, I hope you have some time with your family too if you can! God bless :)