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  Bereshit Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית   בָּרָ֣א   אֱלֹהִ֑ים   אֵ֥ת   הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם   וְאֵ֥ת   הָאָֽרֶץ The word "Bereshit" ( בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית ), translated as "beginning," is a noun with the prefix " בְּ ." It means "lead" or "head," not "in the beginning," as in English. It signifies the head of God's house. Hebrew grammar consists of verb + subject + object. Since this sentence refers to Bereshit, the objective relative pronoun between Bereshit and Bara Elohim et Hashamayim et Ha'erets is omitted. Bereshit (whom) God created the   heavens and the   earth. Since Bereshit and the heavens and the earth are equivalent, it means that God created the head of the temple corresponding to heaven and the earth.   Bereshit is a compound word of Beh and Reshit (prefix preposition + feminine singular noun). Here, Beh ( בְּ ) means house of God, and Reshi...

  Question 16: Why must He be truly human and truly righteous? Answer: God's justice demands it. Since man has sinned, he must pay for his own sin. But a sinner cannot pay for the sins of others. "The reason Jesus Christ must be human and righteous" is to save all the sinners of the world. Only a flawless sacrificial lamb can atone for sin. Jesus Christ fulfills two roles: as the first man, Adam, and as the last man, Adam. The first man, Adam, imparted a body of sin to man and woman. Therefore, Jesus died for that body of sin. God, seeing the death of Jesus Christ, forgives the sins of the world who are united with Him. Romans 6:6-7 "For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin." Second, Jesus, in the role of the last man, Adam, was resurrected from the dead and given a spiritual body, so God resurrects "sin...

  Question 15: What kind of mediator and savior, then, should we expect? Answer: He must be truly human, truly righteous, and truly God, possessing power greater than all creatures. 1 John 4:14-15 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them, and they in God. Jesus was God before the creation of the world, but when he came to the world as Christ after the creation of the world, he came as the Son of God. The reason for this was to lead sinners back to repentance and make them sons of God. 1 John 4 describes the relationship between God, God's Son, and the saints. "We" refers to the group of disciples, including John. They are those who directly saw Jesus Christ. Those who confess that he is the Son of God are those who abide in Christ, and God the Father dwells in the saints. Here, we see the unity of God the Father, God the Son, and the saints. The Tr...

  Question 14: Can another creature then pay the penalty for our sins? Answer: No. First of all, God does not wish to punish another creature for human sin. Moreover, no creature can bear God's eternal wrath against sin or redeem another creature. In Colossians 1:15, it says, “ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn (prototokos) of all creation. ” Prototokos ( πρωτό τοκο ς ) means the one who appears first. The doctrine does not speak of Jesus Christ as a created being, but while he was spiritually the Son of God, he was physically the son of Mary. This means he was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born as a human being. In Christ's predestination, Christ is the beginning of all things. Therefore, Christ is the creator of all things and the firstborn of all creation. The first man is given a mortal, sinful body, while the last man is given a life-giving, spiritual body. So, during the Exodus, God killed all firstborn. However, for the Israelites, he had ...

  Question 13: Can we pay for our own sins? Answer: Absolutely not. In fact, we simply increase our sins every day. Today, Christian doctrine speaks of the nature of sin: "The first sin came into existence when man ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Eating it became sin because God forbade it." The doctrine also states that the cause of the first sin was the temptation of the serpent, which planted the seeds of distrust and unbelief in man's heart. As a result, man lost the image of God, that is, righteousness, holiness, and the true knowledge of God. The position is that "unbelief in the heart" is the cause of sin, but not the origin of sin. However, original sin was the greedy desire to become like God, before eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (failure to keep the commandments). Humanists misunderstand sin as breaking the commandments. They believe that disobeying God's command not to eat the f...

  Part 2: The Salvation of Man   Question 12: According to the just judgment of God, we will be punished in this life and in the life to come. How can we escape this punishment and be restored to God's favor? Answer: God desires that His justice be satisfied. Therefore, we must fully satisfy His justice, either by ourselves or by someone else. In Luke 15:1-2, "All the tax collectors and sinners were coming up to hear him. But the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble, saying, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.'" Tax collectors and sinners were condemned by everyone. They came to Jesus. However, the Pharisees and scribes criticized Jesus. They thought they were righteous because they kept the law. So, because the Pharisees criticized Jesus, Jesus told a parable. “ Jesus told them this parable: ‘ What man among you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lo...

  Questions 10-11: Couldn't God have permitted such disobedience and rebellion without punishment? Does that mean God is merciless? Answer: (Response to Questions 10-11): Absolutely not. God is deeply angry not only with our own sins but also with the original sin we are born with. As a righteous judge, God punishes sinners eternally. God has declared, "Cursed be everyone who does not observe and do everything written in the law." While God is certainly merciful, he is also just. God's justice demands a severe punishment for sin—a challenge to His supreme authority—with eternal punishment of both body and soul. God punishes sinners, but forgives those who repent. However, because God is a God of justice, He had to punish sin. That's why He sent Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden into the world. In the Kingdom of God, a symbol of the Garden of Eden, He imprisoned the spirits of the angels who had sinned within their bodies, transforming them into humans, and ho...