Prospector,
Yes you are missing something. It is not understanding the events you have read about. It is the conclusion that you wish to come to.
You are reasoning along these lines. "How can God justify himself to me." This is the stumbling block of all the ages. No man who approaches the scriptures will be able to reason this. Because that is not the question.
The question is "How can I be justified to God?" This is the only question the scriptures will adress.
You see, if you start in Genesis, you see that God spoke to the first man Adam, and gave Adam but one "thou shalt not". In giving Adam that one proabition he explained that disobediance would result in "death." Adam did in fact disobey God, and death has been passed to all men. Disobediance is the original sin, and is the basic deffinition of sin.
The Bible says this, "All have sinned and come short of the Glory of God."
again, "The wages of sin is death..."
So you see, death is certian, it is not a matter if all will die, but it is only a matter of when and how.
"The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
How can man be justified with God? Through Jesus Christ.
This is the only question that God will reason with man.
"Come let us reason together saith the Lord, though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow."
GB
