How sin can come into existence?
God created this universe.Being created we and this universe are less than God's full value and not as complete as God. This makes their be a natural evil that is present in all of the universe, a not fully complete state and this is shown through all of nature and the entire universe .this less than the maker through being created is natural and with with our free will a natural striving to find what we are missing to fill this void,be it knowledge or love or any attribute when you have God to compare yourself to, you find lack in yourself, the same way if you are lacking food your body needs it to be back to balance.
Take for instance if there were an Angel with free will close to God,a natural consequence of this less than God feeling is the Angel wants to be like God ,this missing part in all creatures can bring about sin, if they were to act out of Gods order this does not only show up in the bible but looking to nature a simple example is when people steal because of want or desire .this is not sin to want something you feel you need but becomes sin when you take that desire too far or try a short cut to fulfill this desire..Rather it be an angel or man, we have desires directly due to the fact that we are not as complete as God . but not complete or the fact that there being a natural evil, is not the same thing as sin ..
so evil was created alongside of us as a natural law that comes into being when a lesser thing is created .and this lesser state or evil it is a tool that makes us desire to have and want,hese desires can come in good and bad ways and what we do with them is either good or bad, this evil is part of the created nature "for man has become as one of us to know good and evil" what evil was present before man? God knows good and evil and does not sin .. knowing evil does not equal sin nor does the natural existence of evil through our creation..
Man fell because of the physical action they did, not because of the thought of it .. they had to have thought of taken it, before doing it ..this very thought, though evil and a temptation, if it were considered sin they would have died spiritually right then. . a lot of Christians are somehow afraid when they hear the word "evil", they think sin crime violence Satan and devil ,this is not what should be thought when I say it .
evil is made alive by the will so to speak as if out of nowhere, yet its a natural out come of a lacking lesser than God creation. One aspect of evil is to produce good in both spiritual and physical ,like eating other aspects of this production is through us, by way of desires of all sorts to strive to be better than we are, to be more like God and this is good yet it is driven by feeling a lack of completeness or by knowing we feel better which would then be a lack of feeling better inspires us..which is a lack but is yet not sin ..evil is a two edged sword in this sense in all areas of life caused by being incomplete
The tree of life was taken from Adam and Eve which they needed to sustain their physical life without it the physical body of them would have died no they were not created immortal this is not biblical however they were created to be immortal by the gift God have them which was the tree of life ..God removed them from the garden so they could not live forever dead ..dead to sin ..this is why God removed them from the garden because they would continue to eat from the gift of life he provided them from the tree of life ..think about it..so yes there could have been a life death cycle of animals intended because doubtful sea creatures and such was able to eat of the tree of life so there most likely was a natural life and death cycle ..
Man being gifted with eternal life by way of the tree of life shows that at least in the case of man they were not made immortal but to be dependent on the tree of life to live forever .. I believe they knew full well what death was
.. as far as other religions, Christianity is the only one that fits what i see around me and when you understand not why christs sacrifice but HOW it works the genius behind it and how it was not revealed in straight up words but whiffs and pieces of it through the whole bible its simply awesome. by the need of a perfect sacrifice the understanding as to why a sacrifice or more the how does it work
The Sacrifice:
When God speaks he does so from his very nature, not him deciding hmmm "If you do wrong against me i suppose ill do this"! ..his very nature, his very perfect nature.. his natural law inside himself says "the wages of sin is death" this is just a fact, period ..Adam had full knowledge that he would die if he ate ..Eve as well ..he knew the rules ..
God loved us , he removed the curse of sin but how because he just said so? if he could just say so then why would he need the sacrifice? Here is the why needs a sacrifice and what was required in this sacrifice and the reader will see the clear reasoning ( I hope) what was needed ,we need someone not cursed under adam ie original sin ..all in adam die, does not matter how good you think you are ... the wages of sin IS death .. but God also is love and wants to show mercy and forgiveness But He cannot break his own nature or natural law because it is a crime against himself to not have full payment for sin Do you understand this God cannot simply forgive everyone for all time against his very nature and being that says the wages of sin is death! ..what to do? HOW to fulfill his original law and make right the wrong and injustice committed against him, the perfect judge?
Now comes Christ "the word"..he is born, not out of carnal love making but places himself into a virgin woman who was from the bloodline of King david....this action fulfills the required line (not getting into that why)allows for a perfect flesh sacrifice so this takes care of the flesh part of it, a human without original sin to be born... so his flesh can make the sacrifice ..but still why a sacrifice ? how does this actually work to remove sin? it does this naturally and logically by Gods own nature and natural laws ...but the value of the sacrifice has got to be worth all the sin that is in the world and as we shall see all the natural evil that inspires sin..this sacrifice has to have a value higher than all beings creating this sin to make a perfect balance .
God is a perfect judge and has to have full payment made .. and this means part of this sacrifice cannot be just a man without original sin because he would be still just a man though a sinless one and maybe can die for another man as an even trade though I doubt it, if you think about it this too would not be a fair trade would it, who is man to trade for another mans life with out an injustice occurring from the crime of putting an innocent man to death in the very trade off , the one who has had injustice done to him is GOD! all sin committed is against GOD so he needs payment to balance the crimes out ..not because he chooses like "I think this will do however maybe I will make 2 lashes be payment", it is a natural repayment that is in his nature to be made ..SIN = Death and that's it
Because the damage that was done was to God. So only God can be the one that could make this sacrifice and can take back what he knows is complete justice for crimes committed against him ..he and he alone knows what he needs to cover this payment ...and what he expected in the fulfilling of laws
the sacrifice cannot be a created being a created being all sin has been committed against God you will understand the importance of understanding this when it comes to the sacrifice and why some feel christ was god in the flesh and others feel he was just another high created being ..created beings cannot be worshiped they are the creature a creature is not a good enough sacrifice for all sin for all time since God is of no end he fits this , he is worth the total of creation and infinitely ..And the word was made flesh! A perfect SELF CREATED being ..fully complete spirtually and physically!
God came as Christ, the word was made flesh by himself.. the word IS God made flesh he would fulfill all the laws of his own nature required to be perfect. he alone knows all and everyone of those laws as he has perfect knowledge of what is right and what is wrong and is therefore fully aware when a misdeed is done and when it needs to be repaid
NOW the Creator took on flesh ..sinless and perfect .. as shown biblically this will show clearly why God can sacrifice himself and that very crime will be naturally dissolved by ONLY God doing the sacrifice first lets talk about sins role in this sacrifice
The only thing in the universe that could sin against Gods natural law of "the wages of sin is death" at this point ..is ..SIN coming into contact with the perfect being GOD whom this Law flowed naturally out of ,this gives sin inspired by evil in mens heart an opportunity to commit sin against Gods very nature. to break a command of the highest sort, that sin can not to kill the perfect,.. it/they did just that!
..through sinful man he was put to death on the cross.. the wages of "SIN" is death ..Christ had no sin ..this is a breach in the nature of god ..sin committed an ultimate crime through evil in mens hearts and killed not just someone without sin but the Creator of all things! the eternal Creator, you could do no greater sin ever than this. This sin was great enough for the very essence of sin and evil that inspired it to be judged through the power of his sacrifice not because of "oh I think this will
be adequate payback for what I suffered" he received natural logical
payments for what was done to him and it is shown through this line of
thought
Christ was put to death when he was perfect so he was raised from death but to be fully compensated for that crime of dying he received an immortal body! this is fair and just ..raised up from the grave defeating death forever which should have never taken him and hell which he preached to captives was now handed over to him christ earned this! Hell had no rights on him and as shown in the bible the keys of hell and death were given to Christ this fits to further add to the point the prophet and king,king david stated you will not leave me in hell nor will thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption paul explained that kind david did die and did see corruption but being a prophet of god spoke of christ .. Christ received all the things he did because he EARNED it he fulfilled laws of his own nature without going against his very own will and being! Now Christ has gained power over sin as well he can say I forgive you forever and take away sin because he earned this right!
when breaking down this sacrifice there was no other way to reconcile mankind with God but its still not even ..even though hell is was brought into captivity and death
So sin is judged to death in Christ and Christ now represents the Tree of life and we must take of him to live!, "whosoever believes in me shall not perish but have eternal life" .. by one man, Adam, sin and death ..also by one man Christ, removal of sin and eternal life ..a complete picture and a genius sacrificial move ..oh wait what about the evil that can inspire people to sin?
ephesians 4:9 What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.
The whole universe needed to be filled as seen it had and still has a natural lack this lack will be filled in time through Christ Jesus this is another aspect of the sacrifice to fill this void to make fully complete the whole universe and which would require God. this evil will be brought under Christ as a natural part of his sacrifice
What other religion has something this powerful of a remedy in it for sin, against evil that you see present and where can the explanation of how this can be solved from actions that fit logically ..sorry this is long and for my kindergartener writing style, I am hoping it helps you.You want answers and are a thinker and like myself I need my faith to make sense to me .. peace to you.
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