... some interpretations say that the point why Jesus didn't condemn her was that there weren't any impartial witnesses to her sin. The people who brought her to him were trying to trap him.

Jesus said, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." He was ok with stoning her to death, as it is written in the Old Testament, BUT ... he was making a point.

One by one, they each dropped their stone and walked away.

The point is: How can YOU punish a sinner when you are also a sinner, yourself?

IMO, the purpose of Jesus was to deal with the fundamental problem that His people had a hard time following The Law, completely.

God gave His people free will. This means that they will make choices that are not what God really wants, but He made them the way they are, so what to do?

First, His people were not doing what He wanted them to do, so He taught them a lesson by having a flood.

But they still sinned.

So, He made a special promise with one man, Abram/Abraham, to bless his specific lineage, in the idea that this particular family would do as they should, due to this special, more personal relationship with God.

God wants His people to not only do the right thing, but to UNDERSTAND what the right thing is, and to WANT to do the right thing. He doesn't want robots with no free will. What good is doing the right thing if you have no other choice?

But they still sinned. Problem was, they didn't fully understand what sin was.

So, He sent Moses to write down The Law. Still, many sinned.

The OT says that people must die when they sin.

Combined with free will, this is a problem.

So, God came to Earth in the form of Jesus to wipe away the death penalty that so many of His people had built up over their lifetimes, by dying Himself, for them. He served their death penalty.

This wiped away the OT death penalty for His people who were living at the time. It maintained the OT rule that sin must be punished by death, but that penalty was served by Jesus. It also set a new rule.

Sin was no longer punished by death in the current world. Instead, sinners will have a lower rank in the Kingdom of Heaven, or not get in at all.

It makes it easier to follow The Law. One can even fall off the wagon, and get back on track. This is a good thing for people who are imperfect, as we all are. But there is still a penalty for sin, having to do with Heaven.

In 1 John, it says that sin is the transgression of The Law. That is what sin is. It is not something that we don't like. It is simply transgressing The Law.

In Matthew, Jesus says that those who follow and teach The Law will have a high rank in Heaven, and those who evade and teach the evasion of The Law will have a low rank.

The point is to do what is right because you KNOW what to do and WANT to do it (which is what is meant by following The Law).

That is what God wants in the Kingdom of Heaven: People who follow The Law, because they understand it and want to do the right thing.

Should a sin, like adultery, be punished with death, as the OT says? If so, then those holding the stones and ready to dish out the punishment should also be killed because they are also sinners.

Eventually, almost everyone gets wiped out, and what is the point in that?

I realize this is a different perspective than what mainstream churches push, but then they have a lot of things wrong, and this perspective fits the story we read in the Bible.

... some interpretations say that the point why Jesus didn't condemn her was that there weren't any impartial witnesses to her sin. The people who brought her to him were trying to trap him.

Jesus said, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." He was ok with stoning her to death, as it is written in the Old Testament, BUT ... he was making a point.

One by one, they each dropped their stone and walked away.

The point is: How can YOU punish a sinner when you are also a sinner, yourself?

IMO, the purpose of Jesus was to deal with the fundamental problem that His people had a hard time following The Law, completely.

God gave His people free will. This means that they will make choices that are not what God really wants, but He made them the way they are, so what to do?

First, His people were not doing what He wanted them to do, so He taught them a lesson by having a flood.

But they still sinned.

So, He made a special promise with one man, Abram/Abraham, to bless his specific lineage, in the idea that this particular family would do as they should, due to this special, more personal relationship with God.

God wants His people to not only do the right thing, but to UNDERSTAND what the right thing is, and to WANT to do the right thing. He doesn't want robots with no free will. What good is doing the right thing if you have no other choice?

But they still sinned. Problem was, they didn't fully understand what sin was.

So, He sent Moses to write down The Law. Still, many sinned.

The OT says that people must die when they sin.

Combined with free will, this is a problem.

So, God came to Earth in the form of Jesus to wipe away the death penalty that so many of His people had built up over their lifetimes, by dying Himself, for them. He served their death penalty.

This wiped away the OT death penalty for His people who were living at the time. It maintained the OT rule that sin must be punished by death, but that penalty was served by Jesus. It also set a new rule.

Sin was no longer punished by death in the current world. Instead, sinners will have a lower rank in the Kingdom of Heaven, or not get in at all.

It makes it easier to follow The Law. One can even fall off the wagon, and get back on track. This is a good thing for people who are imperfect, as we all are. But there is still a penalty for sin, having to do with Heaven.

In 1 John, it says that sin is the transgression of The Law. That is what sin is. It is not something that we don't like. It is simply transgressing The Law.

In Matthew, Jesus says that those who follow and teach The Law will have a high rank in Heaven, and those who evade and teach the evasion of The Law will have a low rank.

The point is to do what is right because you KNOW what to do and WANT to do it (which is what is meant by following The Law).

That is what God wants in the Kingdom of Heaven: People who are like follow The Law because they know it and want to do the right thing.

Should a sin, like adultery, be punished with death, as the OT says? If so, then those holding the stones and ready to dish out the punishment should also be killed because they are also sinners.

Eventually, almost everyone gets wiped out, and what is the point in that?

I realize this is a different perspective than what mainstream churches push, but then they have a lot of things wrong, and this perspective fits the story we read in the Bible.

... some interpretations say that the point why Jesus didn't condemn her was that there weren't any impartial witnesses to her sin. The people who brought her to him were trying to trap him.

Jesus said, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." He was ok with stoning her to death, as it is written in the Old Testament, BUT ... he was making a point.

One by one, they each dropped their stone and walked away.

The point is: How can YOU punish a sinner when you are also a sinner, yourself?

IMO, the purpose of Jesus was to deal with the fundamental problem that His people had a hard time following The Law, completely.

God gave His people free will. This means that they will make choices that are not what God really wants, but He made them the way they are, so what to do?

First, His people were not doing what He wanted them to do, so He taught them a lesson by having a flood.

But they still sinned.

So, He made a special promise with one man, Abram/Abraham, to bless his specific lineage, in the idea that this particular family would do as they should, due to this special, more personal relationship with God.

But they still sinned. Problem was, they didn't fully understand what sin was.

So, He sent Moses to write down The Law. Still, many did not follow because they didn't necessarily believe it was really God's word.

God wants His people to not only do the right thing, but to UNDERSTAND what the right thing is, and to WANT to do the right thing. He doesn't want robots with no free will. What good is doing the right thing if you have no other choice?

So, the OT says that people must die when they sin.

Combined with free will, this is a problem.

So, God came to Earth in the form of Jesus to wipe away the death penalty that so many of His people had built up over their lifetimes, by dying Himself, for them. He served their death penalty.

This wipes away the OT death penalty for His people who were living at the time. It maintains the OT rule that sin must be punished by death, but that penalty is served by Jesus. It also sets a new rule.

Sin is no longer punished by death in the current world. Instead, sinners have a lower rank in the Kingdom of Heaven, or do not get in at all.

It makes it easier to follow The Law. One can even fall off the wagon, and get back on track. This is a good thing for people who are imperfect, as we all are. But there is still a penalty, having to do with Heaven.

In Matthew, Jesus says that those who follow and teach The Law will have a high rank, and those who evade and teach the evasion of The Law will have a low rank.

The point is to do what is right because you KNOW what to do and WANT to do it (which is what is meant by following The Law).

That is what God wants in the Kingdom of Heaven.

People who are like that.

Should a sin, like adultery, be punished with death, as the OT says? If so, then those holding the stones and ready to dish out the punishment should also be killed because they are also sinners.

Eventually, almost everyone gets wiped out, and what is the point in that?

I realize this is a different perspective than what mainstream churches push, but then they have a lot of things wrong, and this perspective fits the story we read in the Bible.

... some interpretations say that the point why Jesus didn't condemn her was that there weren't any impartial witnesses to her sin. The people who brought her to him were trying to trap him.

Jesus said, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." He was ok with stoning her to death, as it is written in the Old Testament, BUT ... he was making a point.

One by one, they each dropped their stone and walked away.

The point is: How can YOU punish a sinner when you are also a sinner, yourself?

IMO, the purpose of Jesus was to deal with the fundamental problem that His people had a hard time following The Law, completely.

God gave His people free will. This means that they will make choices that are not what God really wants, but He made them the way they are, so what to do?

First, His people were not doing what He wanted them to do, so He taught them a lesson by having a flood.

So, He made a special promise with one man, Abram/Abraham, to bless his specific lineage, in the idea that this particular family would do as they should, due to this special, more personal relationship with God.

But they still sinned. Problem was, they didn't fully understand what sin was.

So, He sent Moses to write down The Law. Still, many did not follow because they didn't necessarily believe it was really God's word.

Still, many of those people sinned. God wants His people to not only do the right thing, but to UNDERSTAND what the right thing is, and to WANT to do the right thing. He doesn't want robots with no free will. What good is doing the right thing if you have no other choice?

So, the OT says that people must die when they sin.

Combined with free will, this is a problem.

So, God came to Earth in the form of Jesus to wipe away the death penalty that so many of His people had built up over their lifetimes, by dying Himself, for them. He served their death penalty.

This wipes away the OT death penalty for His people who were living at the time. It maintains the OT rule that sin must be punished by death, but that penalty is served by Jesus. It also sets a new rule.

Sin is no longer punished by death in the current world. Instead, sinners have a lower rank in the Kingdom of Heaven, or do not get in at all.

It makes it easier to follow The Law. One can even fall off the wagon, and get back on track. This is a good thing for people who are imperfect, as we all are. But there is still a penalty, having to do with Heaven.

In Matthew, Jesus says that those who follow and teach The Law will have a high rank, and those who evade and teach the evasion of The Law will have a low rank.

The point is to do what is right because you KNOW what to do and WANT to do it (which is what is meant by following The Law).

That is what God wants in the Kingdom of Heaven.

People who are like that.

Should a sin, like adultery, be punished with death, as the OT says? If so, then those holding the stones and ready to dish out the punishment should also be killed because they are also sinners.

Eventually, almost everyone gets wiped out, and what is the point in that?

I realize this is a different perspective than what mainstream churches push, but then they have a lot of things wrong, and this perspective fits the story we read in the Bible.

... some interpretations say that the point why Jesus didn't condemn her was that there weren't any impartial witnesses to her sin. The people who brought her to him were trying to trap him.

Jesus said, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." He was ok with stoning her to death, as it is written in the Old Testament, BUT ... he was making a point.

One by one, they each dropped their stone and walked away.

The point is: How can YOU punish a sinner when you are also a sinner, yourself?

IMO, the purpose of Jesus was to deal with the fundamental problem that His people had a hard time following The Law, completely.

God gave His people free will. This means that they will make choices that are not what God really wants, but He made them the way they are, so what to do?

First, His people were not doing what He wanted them to do, so He taught them a lesson by having a flood.

But they still sinned. Problem was, they didn't fully understand what sin was.

So, He sent Moses to write down The Law. Still, many did not follow because they didn't necessarily believe it was really God's word.

So, He made a special promise with one man, Abram/Abraham, to bless his specific lineage, in the idea that this particular family would do as they should, due to this special, more personal relationship with God.

Still, many of those people sinned. God wants His people to not only do the right thing, but to UNDERSTAND what the right thing is, and to WANT to do the right thing. He doesn't want robots with no free will. What good is doing the right thing if you have no other choice?

So, the OT says that people must die when they sin.

Combined with free will, this is a problem.

So, God came to Earth in the form of Jesus to wipe away the death penalty that so many of His people had built up over their lifetimes, by dying Himself, for them. He served their death penalty.

This wipes away the OT death penalty for His people who were living at the time. It maintains the OT rule that sin must be punished by death, but that penalty is served by Jesus. It also sets a new rule.

Sin is no longer punished by death in the current world. Instead, sinners have a lower rank in the Kingdom of Heaven, or do not get in at all.

It makes it easier to follow The Law. One can even fall off the wagon, and get back on track. This is a good thing for people who are imperfect, as we all are. But there is still a penalty, having to do with Heaven.

In Matthew, Jesus says that those who follow and teach The Law will have a high rank, and those who evade and teach the evasion of The Law will have a low rank.

The point is to do what is right because you KNOW what to do and WANT to do it (which is what is meant by following The Law).

That is what God wants in the Kingdom of Heaven.

People who are like that.

Should a sin, like adultery, be punished with death, as the OT says? If so, then those holding the stones and ready to dish out the punishment should also be killed because they are also sinners.

Eventually, almost everyone gets wiped out, and what is the point in that?

I realize this is a different perspective than what mainstream churches push, but then they have a lot of things wrong, and this perspective fits the story we read in the Bible.

... some interpretations say that the point why Jesus didn't condemn her was that there weren't any impartial witnesses to her sin. The people who brought her to him were trying to trap him.

Jesus said, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." He was ok with stoning her to death, as it is written in the Old Testament, BUT ... he was making a point.

One by one, they each dropped their stone and walked away.

The point is: How can YOU punish a sinner when you are also a sinner, yourself?

IMO, the purpose of Jesus was to deal with the fundamental problem that His people had a hard time following The Law, completely.

God gave His people free will. This means that they will make choices that are not what God really wants, but He made them the way they are, so what to do?

First, His people were not doing what He wanted them to do, so He taught them a lesson by having a flood.

But they still sinned. Problem was, they didn't fully understand what sin was.

So, He sent Moses to write down The Law. Still, many did not follow because they didn't necessarily believe it was really God's word.

So, He made a special promise with one man, Abram/Abraham, to bless his specific lineage, in the idea that this particular family would do as they should.

Still, those people sinned. God wants His people to not only do the right thing, but to UNDERSTAND what the right thing is, and to WANT to do the right thing. He doesn't want robots with no free will. What good is doing the right thing if you have no other choice?

So, the OT says that people must die when they sin.

Combined with free will, this is a problem.

So, God came to Earth in the form of Jesus to wipe away the death penalty that so many of His people had built up over their lifetimes, by dying Himself, for them. He served their death penalty.

This wipes away the OT death penalty for His people who were living at the time. It maintains the OT rule that sin must be punished by death, but that penalty is served by Jesus. It also sets a new rule.

Sin is no longer punished by death in the current world. Instead, sinners have a lower rank in the Kingdom of Heaven, or do not get in at all.

It makes it easier to follow The Law. One can even fall off the wagon, and get back on track. This is a good thing for people who are imperfect, as we all are. But there is still a penalty, having to do with Heaven.

In Matthew, Jesus says that those who follow and teach The Law will have a high rank, and those who evade and teach the evasion of The Law will have a low rank.

The point is to do what is right because you KNOW what to do and WANT to do it (which is what is meant by following The Law).

That is what God wants in the Kingdom of Heaven.

People who are like that.

Should a sin, like adultery, be punished with death, as the OT says? If so, then those holding the stones and ready to dish out the punishment should also be killed because they are also sinners.

Eventually, almost everyone gets wiped out, and what is the point in that?

I realize this is a different perspective than what mainstream churches push, but then they have a lot of things wrong, and this perspective fits the story we read in the Bible.

... some interpretations say that the point why Jesus didn't condemn her was that there weren't any impartial witnesses to her sin. The people who brought her to him were trying to trap him.

Jesus said, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." He was ok with stoning her to death, as it is written in the Old Testament, BUT ... he was making a point.

One by one, they each dropped their stone and walked away.

The point is: How can YOU punish a sinner when you are also a sinner, yourself?

IMO, the purpose of Jesus was to deal with the fundamental problem that His people had a hard time following The Law, completely.

God gave His people free will. This means that they will make choices that are not what God really wants, but He made them the way they are, so what to do?

First, His people were not doing what He wanted them to do, so He taught them a lesson by having a flood.

But they still sinned. Problem was, they didn't fully understand what sin was.

So, He sent Moses to write down The Law. Still, many did not follow because they didn't necessarily believe it was really God's word.

So, He make a special promise with one man, Abram/Abraham, to bless his specific lineage, in the idea that this particular family would do as they should.

Still, those people sinned. God wants His people to not only do the right thing, but to UNDERSTAND what the right thing is, and to WANT to do the right thing. He doesn't want robots with no free will. What good is doing the right thing if you have no other choice?

So, the OT says that people must die when they sin.

Combined with free will, this is a problem.

So, God came to Earth in the form of Jesus to wipe away the death penalty that so many of His people had built up over their lifetimes, by dying Himself, for them. He served their death penalty.

This wipes away the OT death penalty for His people who were living at the time. It maintains the OT rule that sin must be punished by death, but that penalty is served by Jesus. It also sets a new rule.

Sin is no longer punished by death in the current world. Instead, sinners have a lower rank in the Kingdom of Heaven, or do not get in at all.

It makes it easier to follow The Law. One can even fall off the wagon, and get back on track. This is a good thing for people who are imperfect, as we all are. But there is still a penalty, having to do with Heaven.

In Matthew, Jesus says that those who follow and teach The Law will have a high rank, and those who evade and teach the evasion of The Law will have a low rank.

The point is to do what is right because you KNOW what to do and WANT to do it (which is what is meant by following The Law).

That is what God wants in the Kingdom of Heaven.

People who are like that.

Should a sin, like adultery, be punished with death, as the OT says? If so, then those holding the stones and ready to dish out the punishment should also be killed because they are also sinners.

Eventually, almost everyone gets wiped out, and what is the point in that?

I realize this is a different perspective than what mainstream churches push, but then they have a lot of things wrong, and this perspective fits the story we read in the Bible.