(August 2, 2015 at 4:16 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: I think I have made a valiant effort in making the story make sense.
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.
You were looking for laughs and kudos, you got them too. Satan did not have to be appeased, Satan answers to God and if you can't see that from the Bible (even though you don't believe) then you haven't read the Bible or your reading comprehension is terribly lacking.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
