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People had no mediator before the mediator came with a promise. Before Jesus there was no promise. That is the problem I see with your bubble theory. There exist many little bubbles in some big bubbles but what connects all the little bubbles in different big bubbles?
You are asking me how God works out something. Haha! How the hell am I suppose to know?
I don't know your particular situation. Mercy and truth have to be paired. The written law we are talking about, if you are keeping it, then it requires judgment and mercy and teaches things beyond the letters. Reading it, it is a killer, but in keeping it you can learn spiritual principles that are life-giving. You mention Paul. Paul says there is a lot of value in circumcision. (Romans 3:2) At the same time he doesn't require it or say that gentiles need it; but in Acts he agrees new converts should have some general guidelines, like a subset of written Torah. It is a bit confusing.
Yes, and there are a few ways to approach the subject. Moses laws are not a complete set of instructions. They leave a lot of gaps, but you can learn mercy and truth. Look at the story of Naboth and Abigail. Naboth didn't get the spirit of the law, but Abigail did. One of the two people followed both the Law and the LORD, and that was Abigail. Naboth kept the rules, but he didn't hear the still small voice. He learned nothing! She learned everything.
The fruit of the tree of knowledge of good & evil exists in the garden, but why? Everybody always wants to know about that and also to know why the serpent is there 'In the first place?' Here is Paul talking about how he sees the issue. Why expose humanity to the choice between good and evil? Long-story-shortened, Paul says "Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it." So I think he's teaching about the distinction between the person and their body. Already in Torah every human is equal, so in Torah your race does not determine your righteous potential! Paul builds on this and divides the human creature into two parts: a part that tries to do good and a part that tries to do bad. One he calls 'Law of the spirit' and the other 'Law of sin'. So to him the conflict within us is a proof that we are not completely evil. He goes on to say because of this principle there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus and "...God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh" (Romans 8:3). This is perhaps one 'Theological' basis for including the whole world in the House of Faith, rather than only those who being enabled through lives spent following the Torah have a shot at perfection. He overturns perfectionism in this argument, so this is Paul's answer to the classic question of how Truth and Mercy can be paired. So he on the one hand says that Moses Law is useful and important, but he doesn't see it as the only path. His problem with the Law is that it is unable to differentiate between the inner and the outer person, so it condemns people that shouldn't be. That is not to say that he believes in unprincipled living. He doesn't.
Many reflections of the One, many reflections of the Saviour. Slices of the same reality. It is all thought processes that we see in a physical way.
How do we know sin and not know, how do we know good and evil? Because it is what we are, good and evil. Two sides of the same coin.
I do not know what you are talking about. Mediation is not an invitation.
I suppose so. But I don't.
I think it was brought out that the mediator between God and the Jews is Law. It is found in Jewish scripture. Yes, I think you're right.
Cute! Exactly? How does a person do that do you think?
You would have to believe though, and that is God given, not just the words of man. Did Hitler repent of his past sin? I doubt it.
I doubt it too. Scripture says "all good gifts and perfect presents come from The Father" (James 1:17). The will to repent is a perfect present. I think Heaven would not give a perfect present to people like Hitler.
