What is God's definition of sin?

[jaareshiah]

Let us look at the set up, shall we..
Please feel free to correct any errors you see:

God is all knowing
God is all powerful
So god knew the outcome before he even started, right?

What tree was the apple from?
Where was this tree?
So Adam and Eve did not know right from wrong before they ate from the tree of right and wrong, which happened to be positioned in the middle of the garden, right?

Then god allows the satan to enter into the garden.
Cause with god being all knowing, he knew that the satan was in the garden and with god being all powerful, god could have prevented the satan from interacting with Eve.
So since god did not prevent said interaction, God was just fine with said interaction.
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Do I need to continue?
I mean it is plain to see for anyone without the special glasses that God purposely set Adam and Eve up to fail in the garden of Eden.

Unless of course you think that god is not omni anything...

Mestmia,

You are describing predestination, that God knows everything that is to happen, that since he "all powerful" or almighty, that he was fully aware that Adam and Eve would sin. However, this "concept" or "teaching" has several faults. For example, just because a man is strong enough to pick up 500 pounds and carry it around, does that mean that he has to carry 500 pounds wherever he goes ? Rather, does he not use his strength only when called upon, such as in a car accident whereby to save a life. Likewise of God. He has the capacity to see the future at any given time, yet he uses his power to selectively foresee the future, depending how it fits into with his everlasting purpose.

Your accepting the concept or teaching of predestination means that, prior to creating angels or earthling man, God exercised his powers of foreknowledge and foresaw and foreknew all that would result from such creation, including the rebellion of one of his spirit sons, the subsequent rebellion of the first human pair in Eden (Gen 3:1-6; John 8:44), and all the bad consequences of such rebellion down to and beyond this present day. This would necessarily mean that all the wickedness that history has recorded, the crime and immorality, oppression and resultant suffering, lying and hypocrisy, false worship and idolatry, at one time existed, before creation’s beginning, only in the mind of God, in the form of his foreknowledge of the future in all of its minutest details.

If the Creator of mankind had indeed exercised his power to foreknow all that history has seen since man’s creation, then the full weight of all the wickedness thereafter was deliberately set in motion by God resulting was when he spoke the words: “Let us make man.” (Ge 1:26) These facts bring into question the reasonableness and consistency of the predestinarian concept; particularly so, since the disciple James shows that disorder and other vile things does not originate from God’s heavenly presence but are “earthly, animal, demonic” in source.(Jas 3:14-18)

If a mechanic knowingly installs a defective part and someone is killed, is he not bloodguilty ? Hence, if God foreknew that Adam and Eve would sin, which resulted in all of his descendants reaping death, then he would be, in effect, bloodguilty. Why did God provide a test, using the "tree of knowledge of good and bad", if he already foreknew that they would rebel ?(Gen 2:16,17)

However, our Creator, Jehovah God, did not use his power to foresee the future but rather allowed Adam and Eve freedom of choice. Eve, upon listening to the "serpent", wanted to be "like God, knowing good and bad", and thereby, by choice, set a course of independence from God. Adam later, by choice, followed suit.(Gen 3:5).

We are not robots, but instead God has given each of us freedom of choice, whether or not to want to please our Creator or serve our own interests. Adam and Eve were free moral agents who choose to rebel against God; thus setting in motion the misery and wickedness that is existing down till our day. God does twist arms or use scare tactics to have individuals serve him, such as the churches teaching of "hellfire."

Rather, Jehovah God is a "God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness and truth, preserving loving-kindness for thousands, pardoning error and transgression and sin, but by no means will he give exemption from punishment, bringing punishment for the error of fathers upon sons and upon grandsons, upon the third generation and upon the fourth generation.”(Ex 34:6, 7)

 

[McBell]

Mestmia,

You are describing predestination, that God knows everything that is to happen, that since he "all powerful" or almighty, that he was fully aware that Adam and Eve would sin. However, this "concept" or "teaching" has several faults. For example, just because a man is strong enough to pick up 500 pounds and carry it around, does that mean that he has to carry 500 pounds wherever he goes ? Rather, does he not use his strength only when called upon, such as in a car accident whereby to save a life. Likewise of God. He has the capacity to see the future at any given time, yet he uses his power to selectively foresee the future, depending how it fits into with his everlasting purpose.

Thank you.
You have just helped further my point.
Him being all knowing he knew the snake was in there and he allowed it.

Your accepting the concept or teaching of predestination means that,

I do not accept nor do I teach predestination.
If you think I do, then you need to go back and read the whole thread.

prior to creating angels or earthling man, God exercised his powers of foreknowledge and foresaw and foreknew all that would result from such creation, including the rebellion of one of his spirit sons, the subsequent rebellion of the first human pair in Eden (Gen 3:1-6; John 8:44), and all the bad consequences of such rebellion down to and beyond this present day. This would necessarily mean that all the wickedness that history has recorded, the crime and immorality, oppression and resultant suffering, lying and hypocrisy, false worship and idolatry, at one time existed, before creation’s beginning, only in the mind of God, in the form of his foreknowledge of the future in all of its minutest details.

nice rant.
Now why was it needed to be posted in this thread?

If the Creator of mankind had indeed exercised his power to foreknow all that history has seen since man’s creation, then the full weight of all the wickedness thereafter was deliberately set in motion by God resulting was when he spoke the words: “Let us make man.” (Ge 1:26) These facts bring into question the reasonableness and consistency of the predestinarian concept; particularly so, since the disciple James shows that disorder and other vile things does not originate from God’s heavenly presence but are “earthly, animal, demonic” in source.(Jas 3:14-18)

If a mechanic knowingly installs a defective part and someone is killed, is he not bloodguilty ? Hence, if God foreknew that Adam and Eve would sin, which resulted in all of his descendants reaping death, then he would be, in effect, bloodguilty. Why did God provide a test, using the "tree of knowledge of good and bad", if he already foreknew that they would rebel ?(Gen 2:16,17)

Exactly

However, our Creator, Jehovah God, did not use his power to foresee the future but rather allowed Adam and Eve freedom of choice. Eve, upon listening to the "serpent", wanted to be "like God, knowing good and bad", and thereby, by choice, set a course of independence from God. Adam later, by choice, followed suit.(Gen 3:5).

really?
And you know this how, exactly?

We are not robots, but instead God has given each of us freedom of choice, whether or not to want to please our Creator or serve our own interests. Adam and Eve were free moral agents who choose to rebel against God; thus setting in motion the misery and wickedness that is existing down till our day. God does twist arms or use scare tactics to have individuals serve him, such as the churches teaching of "hellfire."

And this is the load of bull **** that gets people in trouble.
See, you forgot to mention the fact that Adam and Eve did not know right from wrong.
I understand that this little tidbit really screws with your theory, but ...

Rather, Jehovah God is a "God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness and truth, preserving loving-kindness for thousands, pardoning error and transgression and sin, but by no means will he give exemption from punishment, bringing punishment for the error of fathers upon sons and upon grandsons, upon the third generation and upon the fourth generation.”(Ex 34:6, 7)

Wow.
You know all this about an unknowable god, but cannot present a single shred of empirical evidence.

BTW,
What did you post here have to do with the tangent at hand?

 

[jaareshiah]

I have not furthered your point that God "knew the outcome before he even started." To the contrary, you failed to examine more closely what was written, that God "uses his power selectively to foresee the future." In addition, if God had foreknowledge of that Adam and Eve would break his command (Gen 2:17), with the resulting consequences of mankind's corruption and wickedness that is so abundantly prevalent today, then why did he prescribe a test using the "tree of knowledge of good and bad" ? Why do engineers test their products ? Is it not to see whether or not if it will pass strict quality specifications or fail.

Had God foreknew that the first human couple was going to rebel, then why make them at all ? Would you put a defective product on your car, knowing full well that in driving the car, it was going to fail and cost you your life ? Is God any different ? Adam and Eve were fully aware of God's instructions regarding the "tree of knowledge of good and bad", for Adam had told Eve, who in turn, told the "serpent" Satan.(Rev 12:10)

God did not use his power to foresee the outcome regarding Adam and Eve, but rather created them with the capacity of choice and put a test before them to see whether or not they would obey one simple command.(Gen 2:17) When God made Adam and Eve, he formed them with a conscience, intentionally with the agency of freedom of choice, whereby they can choose to do bad (which so many people throughout history has done) or choose to follow God's instructions (which so few have done). Otherwise, we are nothing more than a robot.

Likewise, of the angels that left God's heavenly presence to follow Satan.(Luke 11:14-20) These were also free moral agents and chose for themselves not to remain with God. God did not use his capability to foresee the rebellion of myriads of angels (Rev 12:4), but took appropriate action when they rejected his sovereignty.(Gen 3:15; Jude 6)

Would you want to be like a robot, being preprogramed ? Do you not want to be able to choose what you would like to do or accomplish ? We were designed to have freedom of choice, not preprogramed that tells what we are to do. We have the capacity to reason, to decide whether to accept something or reject it, what foods we like or dislike. Or else life has no meaning. We would then be merely like the animals that follow instinct. Adam and Eve were not designed as animals, but free to accept or reject God's instructions. What a pity it is that they selfishly sought out their direction, rather than listening to their Creator, which by the way, the vast of mankind now living has failed to do and likewise of most of the billions that have previously existed.

If you were given a beautiful home, yes, freely given to you, with a wide assortment of fruit trees on it that produced abundantly, but with the stipulation by the owner that only one tree not be touched, what would you do ? Adam and Eve were placed in a beautiful garden paradise, and were expressly told not to eat of just one tree. Now would that be difficult ? This one tree that God placed as his own and was for a test to see if they would remain loyal to his rulership, because he is our Creator.

I will not wrangle this issue with you, but will leave you as you are, a free moral agent, who can look objectively at the facts or discard the evidence. You make the choice.

 

[McBell]

Ah..
So according to you, god willingly choose to be ignorant of anything that would seem to show how he set man up to fail?
Like the 613 bull **** rules of the OT?
Guess god chose ignorance over them as well...?

You know, that does seem to make some sense.
It certainly would explain why so many Christians also choose willful ignorance over truth and facts.
They are merely trying to be like their god....

 

[URAVIP2ME]

Ah..
So according to you, god willingly choose to be ignorant of anything that would seem to show how he set man up to fail?
Like the 613 bull **** rules of the OT?
Guess god chose ignorance over them as well...?
You know, that does seem to make some sense.
It certainly would explain why so many Christians also choose willful ignorance over truth and facts.
They are merely trying to be like their god....

At the time of Jesus choosing his disciples [Luke 6v13] Jesus knew they had good heart conditions or intentions of the heart. It was later that Judas let greed get the better of his heart's desire.- James 1 vs13-15; Ezekiel 28v17
God only used his foreknowledge when necessary such as in prophecy as with the coming of the Messiah.

It is 'so-called Christians' that choose willful ignorance. Jesus used logic and reasoning in using the facts and religious truth as presented in Scripture.
Acts [17v11] shows we are not to choose willful ignorance, but search or research Scriptures to see if things are so as Jesus did.

Acts [17v30] the times of Scriptural ignorance is past......
Acts [10v35] in every nation the one that has respectful fear or reverence for God and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

 

[McBell]

At the time of Jesus choosing his disciples [Luke 6v13] Jesus knew they had good heart conditions or intentions of the heart. It was later that Judas let greed get the better of his heart's desire.- James 1 vs13-15; Ezekiel 28v17
God only used his foreknowledge when necessary such as in prophecy as with the coming of the Messiah.

It is 'so-called Christians' that choose willful ignorance. Jesus used logic and reasoning in using the facts and religious truth as presented in Scripture.
Acts [17v11] shows we are not to choose willful ignorance, but search or research Scriptures to see if things are so as Jesus did.

Acts [17v30] the times of Scriptural ignorance is past......
Acts [10v35] in every nation the one that has respectful fear or reverence for God and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

Um...
relevance?

 

[URAVIP2ME]

Um...
relevance?

Acts 8 vs 27-35.

The Ethiopian official was reading Isaiah.
He did not understand all of what he was reading.
Philip opened his mouth and preached to him.
Philip explained what he knew and taught the Ethiopian to the relevant point that the official understood what the Scriptures are really teaching.

The same relevance applies to us. We can learn from what others know.
We just need to make sure what we are hearing [Acts 17v11] is truly found in Scripture and not tradition outside of Scripture. The Bible's religious truth frees us from what is religiously false. This is relevant because the world scene is leading up to the point when the political powers that be will be turning on the world's religious sector that is running afoul sinning by playing false to God. Jesus wants us at his right hand of favor, so to speak, because his favor is with the humble ones of Matthew [25v32] that will be saved when this trouble starts. Can be saved to be alive right into the start of Jesus peaceful thousand-year reign over earth to see when Jesus ushers in Peace on Earth toward men of goodwill.

 

[McBell]

Acts 8 vs 27-35.

The Ethiopian official was reading Isaiah.
He did not understand all of what he was reading.
Philip opened his mouth and preached to him.
Philip explained what he knew and taught the Ethiopian to the relevant point that the official understood what the Scriptures are really teaching.

The same relevance applies to us. We can learn from what others know.
We just need to make sure what we are hearing [Acts 17v11] is truly found in Scripture and not tradition outside of Scripture. The Bible's religious truth frees us from what is religiously false. This is relevant because the world scene is leading up to the point when the political powers that be will be turning on the world's religious sector that is running afoul sinning by playing false to God. Jesus wants us at his right hand of favor, so to speak, because his favor is with the humble ones of Matthew [25v32] that will be saved when this trouble starts. Can be saved to be alive right into the start of Jesus peaceful thousand-year reign over earth to see when Jesus ushers in Peace on Earth toward men of goodwill.

again, what does this have to do with either god setting man up to fail or god choosing to be willfully ignorant?

 

[URAVIP2ME]

again, what does this have to do with either god setting man up to fail or god choosing to be willfully ignorant?

Adam chose to worship himself over God.
Adam was not set up to fail. Adam chose to disobey.
Adam was not tricked.
Adam already knew what the consequences would be for his crime/ sin.

God forces no one to worship or love and obey him.

However, God does set up the rules [Golden Rule] to be followed if one wants to continue living. Living forever on a peaceful earth that will be ushered in by Jesus toward men of goodwill.

 

[McBell]

Adam chose to worship himself over God.

Adam did not know right from wrong until after he did wrong.

Adam was not set up to fail.

Opinions differ.
You have merely made a claim.
Now you needs to support said claim.

Adam chose to disobey.

Adam did not know right from wrong until after he ate the apple from the tree of right and wrong.

Adam was not tricked.

Adam was set up.
He did not know right from wrong (I keep mentioning this because you seem to be ignoring this fact).

God forces no one to worship or love and obey him.

He certainly has no problems with setting the whole of mankind up for failure though.

However, God does set up the rules [Golden Rule] to be followed if one wants to continue living. Living forever on a peaceful earth that will be ushered in by Jesus toward men of goodwill.

wake me up when the sermon is over.

 

[URAVIP2ME]

Why do you say Adam did not know wrong until he sinned?
Out of all the trees on earth, Adam knew don't eat from one particular tree.
Adam was forewarned: You eat, You die.
Eve also knew You eat, You die.

How was Adam set up? Wasn't Adam told You eat, You die?

 

[jaareshiah]

Adam did not know right from wrong until after he did wrong.

Adam did not know right from wrong until after he ate the apple from the tree of right and wrong.


Adam was set up.
He did not know right from wrong (I keep mentioning this because you seem to be ignoring this fact).


He certainly has no problems with setting the whole of mankind up for failure though.

Adam was fully cognizant of right from wrong, for he was the one who told Eve God's command to not touch the "tree of knowledge of good and bad," who in turn, repeated it to the "serpent", Satan, saying: "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat. But as for eating of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ' You must not eat from it, no, you must not touch it that you do not die."(Gen 3:2,3)

If a person is given a warning concerning a dangerous sport, event or area, and he proceeds to disregard this warning of danger and he suffers seriously from this, whose fault is it ? It is surely not the fault of the one who gave him the warning. Any other way of looking at this is truly demented and the person who wishes to cast aside what is right here will indeed "reap what they sow."(Gal 6:7, 8)

Warnings are given the dangers of smoking, but million totally ignore this and come down with emphysema, lung cancer, or perhaps cancer of the mouth. Whose fault is it ? Theirs. Everyone will be responsible for their own actions, and will be held accountable by God.

One can either choose to please their Creator, God, or else disappear from the face of the earth forever. Psalms 37:29 says that "the righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever on it." It further says that one thing which is so lacking today will be there, genuine peace, for it says that the righteous one "will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace."(Ps 37:11)

Proverbs 11:7 says that "when a wicked man dies, his hope perishes; and even expectation based on powerfulness has perished." Without loving God and realizing that we are accountable for our own course of conduct, no one can retain the right to live forever.

 

[McBell]

Adam was fully cognizant of right from wrong, for he was the one who told Eve God's command to not touch the "tree of knowledge of good and bad," who in turn, repeated it to the "serpent", Satan, saying: "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat. But as for eating of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ' You must not eat from it, no, you must not touch it that you do not die."(Gen 3:2,3)

If a person is given a warning concerning a dangerous sport, event or area, and he proceeds to disregard this warning of danger and he suffers seriously from this, whose fault is it ? It is surely not the fault of the one who gave him the warning. Any other way of looking at this is truly demented and the person who wishes to cast aside what is right here will indeed "reap what they sow."(Gal 6:7, 8)

Warnings are given the dangers of smoking, but million totally ignore this and come down with emphysema, lung cancer, or perhaps cancer of the mouth. Whose fault is it ? Theirs. Everyone will be responsible for their own actions, and will be held accountable by God.

One can either choose to please their Creator, God, or else disappear from the face of the earth forever. Psalms 37:29 says that "the righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever on it." It further says that one thing which is so lacking today will be there, genuine peace, for it says that the righteous one "will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace."(Ps 37:11)

Proverbs 11:7 says that "when a wicked man dies, his hope perishes; and even expectation based on powerfulness has perished." Without loving God and realizing that we are accountable for our own course of conduct, no one can retain the right to live forever.

Then please explain why god got so bent out of shape for his eating from the tree of right and wrong?

You present a nice sermon for the choir.
Problem is that I am not in your choir.

 

[jaareshiah]

Then please explain why god got so bent out of shape for his eating from the tree of right and wrong?

You present a nice sermon for the choir.
Problem is that I am not in your choir.

Our Creator is a God of justice, "for all his ways are justice."(Deut 32:4) He never "got bent out shape" when Adam and Eve violated his command, but rather kept his word, with the angelic hosts closely watching this event to see what God would do. He gave both Adam and Eve full warning of the consequences for their disobedience - death. Both Adam and Eve were perfect, with no flaws physically or mentally.

They both could readily grasp the instructions to not even touch "the tree of knowledge of good and bad." If you attended a banquet and the perparer of the meal requested that just one small bowl of food not be touched, would you then disregard the householder's instructions and take it anyway, despite the householder's request ? If you did, then you have become an arrogant and haughty individual who has no consideration for the householder and should be asked to leave the home.

This is no different with God, for he clearly commanded Adam and Eve to not touch the "tree of knowledge of good and bad" or else the penalty was death. These knew in advance the sure consequences and after having taken the fruit (which was not an apple), tried to "pass the buck."(Gen 3:12, 13) As the apostle Paul wrote, that "God is not one to be mocked."(Gal 6:7) Anyone who crosses the boundaries that God had put in place will suffer the eventual penalty of everlasting death.

Jesus confirmed a principle, that "the person unrighteous in what is least is unrighteous also in much."(Luke 16:10) In God's eyes, it is not the smallness of the wrong but rather the keeping of loyalty to him even in seemingly small matters, proving trustworthy. Adam and Eve both failed this test and thus God kept his word, putting them out of the Garden of Eden to eventually die.(Gen 3:23,24)

On the other hand, Jesus Christ under the most severe trial of dying on a torture stake, kept uncompromising loyalty to his heavenly Father.(Acts 10:39) God will only have individuals on the earth forever that prove loyal to him in everything, loving him with all their heart (Matt 22:37), for he painstakingly prepared the earth for our enjoyment over a course of six "creative" days, so that at the end of the sixth "creative" day, he expressed: "Look ! it was very good."(Gen 1:31)

 

[URAVIP2ME]

Then please explain why god got so bent out of shape for his eating from the tree of right and wrong?

Isn't it more than 'the' tree? Wasn't the tree 'God's' tree?
As Creator doesn't he have the right to say what he wishes about his creation?

Out of all the trees on earth only one tree belonged to God.
God said not to eat from his tree.

By saying 'don't touch' God in effect was posting a No Trespassing Sign.

It wasn't just a piece of stolen fruit, but by doing so Adam was now setting up 'people rule' over 'God rule' as the best way to govern.
Adam was taking the law out of God's hands, so to speak, and putting the law into his own hands. Adam would now self-govern.
Adam was also setting up what was God's prerogative as far as worship. Adam now set up self-worship. Adam would now take God's prerogative and choose and determine for himself what was right or wrong / good or bad without any guidance or direction from God. Adam set up independence from God.

Because God honored Adam's God-given gift of free will, God does not interfere with man's choices. God will only step in when absolutely necessary to protect righteous ones from being wiped off the face of the earth.

Because the world scene is what is God will have to step in, or mankind's doom-and-gloom Doom's Day Clock will end up striking the dark midnight hour for man's extinction.

 

[swillia9]

What is God's definition of sin?

If we look in scripture, God says that sin is breaking His law.
"Sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:4.

So what does this mean, what does scripture identify as His law? Is sin breaking God's Ten Commandment law, and since the law of God is perfect (Psalms 19:7), does it need changing? Or do the Commandments cover "the whole duty of man." Ecclesiastes 12:13.

If they cover the whole duty of man, what do they tell us to do. If we look at them carefully we see the Commandments in the first four show love for God, the next six show love for our fellowman. So lets see how Christ explains it:

The Greatest Commandment
34Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it:'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[c] 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

Thus was Christ covering all 10 when asked about them...

I think you answered your own question. Matthew 22:34-40 is the Great Commandment Jesus has given us. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.

Since Jesus is speaking to a Jewish community and being a Jew Himself we need to look at this from a Jewish perspective. The Law for the Jew is the first five books of the Old Testament, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The prophets are those like Isaiah, Joel, Amos, and so on and so forth. Jesus is saying that all the Law is important and the core teaching from God is that we love Him and worship Him properly. Every act and thought we have should be based on what God's will is for the situation. By keeping God at the core of everything and seeking His guidance we are loving Him with our hear, soul, mind, and strength. To love ones neighbor is to look after everyone with their best interest in mind.

So to love God and keep all His commands means to keep the Law as it is. It's not necessarily something like killing people for something as some Old Testament passages instruct, but more so riding ones self of unwholesomeness and things that break the heart of God. Sin by all definition is a willful transgression against God birthed out of mans own desires and thought and leaving God out. If you view this scripturally, with reason, while viewing church and Jewish tradition, and basing it on experience one should be able to conclude that this is God's definition of sin.

 

[ThirdEyeOpen]

what a loving dog he is.

 

[ThirdEyeOpen]

If you put a fat starving kid in a room full of vegetables with one chocolate cake in the middle. And told him not to eat the cake. Do you think he would?

 

[Hawkins]

Sin is a violation of God's Law.

Somehow it works like this. If you break the Law, you'll be sentenced, whether you understand Law or not, whether you read it or not, whether you ever study law itself or not. That's the case.

Similarly God's Law is embedded in your heart and soul. If you offended His Law, you'll be judged and put to jail. If you sinned you'll be driven out of His kingdom, the same as how Adam sinned and being driven out of Eden, and same as how Lucifer the archangel sinned and being driven out of heaven.

God is to save souls instead of bodies here on earth. Here on earth humans are basically not in His Kingdom. That's why the myseries. And everyone requires to pass the final judgment in order to return to God and His kingdom in heaven. And God foresaw that you won't stand a chance in the judgment. Jesus Christ is thus sent and a new covenant is in place which allows you to escape from the Judgment by Law.

If you refuse to take the new covenant, and when you are judged to be sinful, a permanent separation from God will be called. It is said that His sheep will take the new covenant. It is also said that those who aren't His sheep will continue to sin against His Law without repentance.

Moreover, it is said in the Book of Revelation that Satan (who is said to be an ex-archangel) is an accuser accussing people of sinning in order to keep them in jail with him. So good luck, either to find yourself a good lawyer or prepare yourself for the defense.

Revelation 12:10
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down."

Alternatively, take the Second Covenant as a gift such that the final Judgment by Law can be avoided.

 

[McBell]

Similarly God's Law is embedded in your heart and soul.

What does this mean, exactly?