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Originally Posted by Socialite
Not sure you are getting what was meant.
His nature and character demands holiness and justice. This was the purpose of Jesus' mission and the Cross, in fact. So, that there is impending judgment, and an assignment for death, is a consequence of God's very nature -- and of course, a consequence of our own rebellion.
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There are occasions in the OT where justice demanded, He had decided to bring destruction, and still He changed His mind.
God ordained cities of refuge.
God chose to spare.
God chose to send His Son.
God could have chose a different way.
God created us with the power to choose as well.
His Sovereignty does not demand that eternal damnation be a consequence of His Nature.
Our damnation is a consequence of our rebellion.
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