drs wrote:Look if GOD decided to send the entire population of earth to hell, would it not justifiable?
Myth-one.com wrote:If God allows even one human to suffer eternally in hell, that is not justifiable!
Drs wrote:GOD is the just and righteous judge of the universe and The LORD may do according to His will in these matters.
Myth-one.com wrote:Not entirely! God made a covenant with mankind. God is committed to this covenant, and will not violate its conditions. Do you also believe God is dishonest?
drs wrote:Ofcourse not, please quote the covenant.
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The Covenants _____________________________
The two testaments of the Bible represent wills or covenants between God and man. There are two testaments because no one could qualify as an heir under the first covenant.
The inheritance of humans who qualify as heirs under terms of either testament is
eternal life. Those not qualifying will
perish. Eternal life is presented throughout the Bible as a gift, reward, or inheritance and never as something mankind possesses at birth. Jesus is bringing our inheritance with Him upon His return.
Under the first testament between God and the children of Israel, the only way to become an heir to eternal life was to never sin. The wages of sin is death. However, there was a fault in the first testament in that all sinned! Therefore, no one could gain eternal life under the first testament. Since the first covenant contained faults, God created a second, or New Testament:
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises: For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. (Hebrews 8:6-7)
Once God makes an agreement and sets the plan in place to create that agreement, God never violates His part of the agreement. If the wages of sin is death, and all have sinned, then all must die! That's how the original testament was set up. Consequently, no new angels would be created under this covenant! This was the one "fault" in the Old Testament. What to do?
Suppose some human could live a sinless life. He would not be under the death sentence. He could then give His life as a substitute for the others sentenced to death as a result of their sinning under the first covenant. Since they no longer had to die under the original testament, a new covenant could be designed whereby the fault in the first could be corrected. This is precisely what occurred when Jesus Christ came to earth as a human. He lived a sinless life, then sacrificed His life as payment for our sins. Since His sacrifice made eternal life possible for us, the new requirement for us to gain eternal life under the New Testament became a belief in Jesus Christ and recognition of His sacrifice. Upon creating a New Testament, the first covenant became the Old Testament:
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. (Hebrews 8:13)
The Old Testament vanished away and the New Testament become valid when Jesus sacrificed His life for ours:
For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. (Hebrews 9:16-17)
The New Testament covenant became effective and the Old Testament covenant vanished away when Jesus Christ, the testator, died on the cross. Once the New Testament became active, the previous will became
obsolete. No one can now gain eternal life by remaining sinless as required under the Old Testament. This includes infants and children! The only path to salvation presently is through a belief in Jesus Christ under terms of the New Testament covenant, and infants do not believe in Jesus Christ! Only those qualifying under terms of the New Testament covenant become heirs to eternal life. Those terms are:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
If we believe in Jesus, we become
heirs to the Kingdom of God under terms of the New Testament which became effective when Jesus died on the cross. We enter the Kingdom of God when born again as a spiritual being at, or after our resurrection. Being born again is a real experience, not simply an emotional sensation one experiences upon accepting Jesus and being baptized.
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drs wrote:Where do you believe innocent children go upon death? (No sidestepping)
It is very simple, if they are innocent, they will go to heaven.
And do you believe that is
good?
