HyperBeroeanWave on Nostr: >Original sin and what it means This is a concept that is probably best answered by a ...
>Original sin and what it means
This is a concept that is probably best answered by a priest/pastor/scholar of sorts, but I will try my best to give my understanding. Whether it is the state of MAN or the state of NATURE (e.g. the world) or both MAN and NATURE is a question, but we know nature itself is cursed per Genesis 3:17:
>And to Adam He said:
>“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Nature is cursed, and because of this we're living in a fallen/cursed world. It is extremely difficult to keep your soul clean of filth, such that even the most exceptional will ultimately fail in some way. Sacrifices for repentance were done at first, but Christ was the ultimate plan.
>So why did God allow this situation to come to be?
God wanted to create beings which loved him rather than automatons that obeyed without free will. Allowing for fall and choice of redemption was the best possible solution to account for this according to His perfect knowledge.
>So why not just kick the snake out of the Garden?
Satan was condemned to hell, not as its ruler but as its intended victim/prisoner.
>What did humanity do to deserve this curse of an existence in the first place
Original sin of disobedience. God said "literally do anything except for this" and our oldest ancestors decided to be like toddlers and do the one thing they were told not to do. It's worth noting that, at least as far as I'm aware, the rebellious angels were NOT offered redemption, unlike humanity.
This is a concept that is probably best answered by a priest/pastor/scholar of sorts, but I will try my best to give my understanding. Whether it is the state of MAN or the state of NATURE (e.g. the world) or both MAN and NATURE is a question, but we know nature itself is cursed per Genesis 3:17:
>And to Adam He said:
>“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Nature is cursed, and because of this we're living in a fallen/cursed world. It is extremely difficult to keep your soul clean of filth, such that even the most exceptional will ultimately fail in some way. Sacrifices for repentance were done at first, but Christ was the ultimate plan.
>So why did God allow this situation to come to be?
God wanted to create beings which loved him rather than automatons that obeyed without free will. Allowing for fall and choice of redemption was the best possible solution to account for this according to His perfect knowledge.
>So why not just kick the snake out of the Garden?
Satan was condemned to hell, not as its ruler but as its intended victim/prisoner.
>What did humanity do to deserve this curse of an existence in the first place
Original sin of disobedience. God said "literally do anything except for this" and our oldest ancestors decided to be like toddlers and do the one thing they were told not to do. It's worth noting that, at least as far as I'm aware, the rebellious angels were NOT offered redemption, unlike humanity.