(July 10, 2013 at 2:16 am)Consilius Wrote: As long as the person is sinning, God's anger will fall on him, and the sinner will only have Hell to look forward to.
It's like insurance coverage. Christ died so that he could redeem whoever followed him. Those who refuse to follow him can not be redeemed because they are holding themselves back. There is no redemption for them on account of their sin, the sin they choose to remain in.
When the sinner repents, he gets Christ's sacrifice all over again and he can look forward to being with God. God's anger remains on all those who continue to sin because they are sinning.
Yet sin is relative is it not? It is okay to kill someone under one circumstance but not okay under another - so the act of transgression must be relative.
For example, It was considered an abomination to do ANY work on the Sabbath but that death sentence was magically rescinded. Another example is the eating of pork or shellfish, those things would separate a person from God by transgressing his covenantal restrictions.
Sin then must be relative to conditions set forth by God. Another example is Paul's wonderfully liberating statement, that all things are permissible but not all things profitable.
In light of this what exactly is God's anger? And how does it remain on a person? Is it something like having two left feet or the art of failing to learn to ride a bike?
"This time the bullet cold rocked ya a yellow ribbon instead of a swastika?" -RATM
