On Psalm 109 and Faith

scaeagles · 11-23-2009, 01:20 PM

Basic Christian doctrine states that man is separated from God by sin. God cannot be in the presence of sin, or rather sin (and the sinner) cannot be in the presence of God. This is why in the Old Testament, when priests would enter the area of the temple called the "holy of holies", they had to go through very specific and stringent purification rituals. I think (and i can't specifically recall) there is an account in the Old Testament somewhere of a priest entering the holy of holies and literally frying to a crisp. Anyway, the righteousness of God, being what it is, cannot be around sin for this reason. This is what the sacrifice of Jesus did - once and for all, a permanent ultimately pure sacrifice covered the sin of all and made it possible once again for man to be in the presence of God. Rather than extremely long purification rituals or daily animal sacrifices, this was the final sacrifice required.

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Alex · 11-23-2009, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

Basic Christian doctrine states that man is separated from God by sin. God cannot be in the presence of sin, or rather sin (and the sinner) cannot be in the presence of God. This is why in the Old Testament, when priests would enter the area of the temple called the "holy of holies", they had to go through very specific and stringent purification rituals. I think (and i can't specifically recall) there is an account in the Old Testament somewhere of a priest entering the holy of holies and literally frying to a crisp. Anyway, the righteousness of God, being what it is, cannot be around sin for this reason. This is what the sacrifice of Jesus did - once and for all, a permanent ultimately pure sacrifice covered the sin of all and made it possible once again for man to be in the presence of God. Rather than extremely long purification rituals or daily animal sacrifices, this was the final sacrifice required.

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Ok, I guess what is confusing to me is this: Is not the Christian god omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent? If so, how it possible to not be in god's presence?

11-23-2009, 01:20 PM	#1
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Basic Christian doctrine states that man is separated from God by sin. God cannot be in the presence of sin, or rather sin (and the sinner) cannot be in the presence of God. This is why in the Old Testament, when priests would enter the area of the temple called the "holy of holies", they had to go through very specific and stringent purification rituals. I think (and i can't specifically recall) there is an account in the Old Testament somewhere of a priest entering the holy of holies and literally frying to a crisp. Anyway, the righteousness of God, being what it is, cannot be around sin for this reason. This is what the sacrifice of Jesus did - once and for all, a permanent ultimately pure sacrifice covered the sin of all and made it possible once again for man to be in the presence of God. Rather than extremely long purification rituals or daily animal sacrifices, this was the final sacrifice required. Is that what you were looking for?
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