(May 11, 2017 at 1:02 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote:(May 11, 2017 at 12:02 pm)Lek Wrote: They were foreshadowing the sacrifice of Jesus.Like so much of Christian apologetics, it boils down to the end justifying the means.
Smells of retconning . . . .

The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.