If God teaches you to not sin are you not perfect and holy as God?

The first reference to a redeemer occurs in Genesis 3:15 where God promised the “seed of the woman” would come to reverse the effects of man’s fall. It refers to a unique virgin birth, since seed always comes from a man, and speaks of Satan’s defeat as His hand. The knowledge of a coming redeemer has been present from man’s earliest days.

In the time before the cross, spirits of the faithful who died could not be admitted directly into Heaven like they are today. This is because the Lord had not yet died for their sins and the blood of sacrificial animals was not sufficient to perfect them (Hebrews 10:1-4). It could only set the penalty for their sins aside until the Lord came to be their perfect sacrifice.

Instead they went to Paradise, also called Abraham’s bosom, to await Him. Paradise was one part of a place called “Sheol” in Hebrew and “Hades” in Greek. Both words mean “abode of the dead.”

We call it "Hell" in English. It was a place of rest and comfort. It’s where both Jesus and one of the thieves on the cross next to Him went upon dying.

(Luke 23:43) The other part of Sheol is a place of torment where unbelievers from all ages go to await their final judgement. (Rev. 20:11-15) A wide gulf separates Paradise from Torments. (Luke 16:19-31) There were two qualifications that had to be met for admittance into paradise.

First and foremost they had to have died in faith that God would send His Redeemer to atone for their sins, and second they had to have demonstrated this faith by keeping God’s Commandments during their life. Both were necessary. Without their faith in the coming Redeemer, obedience to the Law was insufficient to save them (Psalm 51:16-17).

When Jesus rose He brought the Old Testament faithful to Heaven with Him (Matt. 27:52-53, Ephesians 4:7-8). Since that time all who die in faith go straight into the presence of the Lord (Phil 1:21-24).

The practice of praying for the dead originated in ancient pagan religions and may be the source of the Catholic belief in purgatory. The idea was first introduced into the Catholic Church in the 2nd Century AD. As a place between heaven and hell where the dead who have not sinned greatly enough to warrant hell, but have not yet purified themselves enough in goodness to enter into heaven, go to prepare and purify themselves of sin.

As you can see belief in purgatory requires that one first assumes the Lord’s death was not sufficient to pay for all our sins, and that it’s up to us to finish the work He only began. This is a non Biblical doctrine that is specifically and repeatedly denied in Scripture. The idea that there are different degrees of sin is not Biblical.

All sins are mortal in that all sins lead to death (Romans 6:23). Neither is there any Biblical support for having some sins forgiven but not others. James 2:10 says whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

Either all our sins are forgiven or none of them are. For a born again believer there are no unforgiven sins because Jesus paid the price for all the sins of our life at the cross (Colossians 2:13-14). The moment we accept His death as payment in full for our sins our salvation is guaranteed (Ephes.

1:13-14), because by His one sacrifice He has made us perfect forever (Hebrews 10:14). For these reasons purgatory would serve no purpose and that’s why you won’t find Biblical support for it.

In Genesis, Adam and Eve were ashamed, guilty. They were the ones who needed to forgive, not God. Jesus came to correct that lack of forgiveness in everyone.

Adam and Eve is an allegory.

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