(August 2, 2015 at 5:13 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote:(August 2, 2015 at 4:16 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: I think I have made a valiant effort in making the story make sense.The 144,000 were all Jews, all male and all virgins. If they're the only ones who will be saved then the vast majority of Christians are out of luck..
Satan HAD to be appeased (compensated) in the transaction that purchased Salvation for the 144,000. Jesus is clearly the only one tagged to pay too, never heard a christer claim anyone else's sacrifice would do. Clearly, boiling ordinary sinners in molten iron doesn't buy Salvation for anyone. Just try to imagine for a moment what Jesus would have had to willingly endure to appease Satan for the sake of the 144,000 !!! And to do it in just a matter of several hours.
If anything, I have understated the magnitude of His (temporary) torment. Satan would not be bought off cheap.
Damn, I'm trying to imagine what Jesus would have had to endure to redeem all those Christians !!!
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
