Benchmark - Creator and Redeemer

Benchmark – Creator and Redeemer Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Course Name & Code Instructor’s Name Date Benchmark – Creator and Redeemer Sin has been a critical determinant in defining the human experience and influencing how individuals perceive their relationships with God since the beginning of stories in the Bible. The Bible attests that sin that entered the world as a result of disobedience led to a fundamental gap between God and humans. Sin also contributed to a substantial effect on human nature and fate. This separation stresses the need for redemption that God fulfills in His dual abilities as the Creator and Redeemer. Utilizing lessons from the Old and New Testaments, this paper provides a reflection on the beginning of sin, how it entered the world, and its impact on humanity. The paper also examines the traditional theological idea of sin presented as a "privation of the good," demonstrating how this standpoint enhances individuals understanding of what sin is. This paper ends by discussing God's dual spot as Creator and Redeemer, pinpointing how His qualities form His reaction to sin and offer humanity a way to redemption. Sin’s Entry into the World and its Consequences Humanity’s association with Adam is the background to an appropriate understanding of original sin. The accurate nature of this relationship between the first men and all men illustrates the worldwide spread of Adam's sin to his descendants (Thompson, 2018). Genesis depicts the entry of sin into the world where Adam and Eve's disobedience introduced sin, leading to division from God. Satan lured Eve as a snake, preying on her ordinary wishes. As the rebellion against God aggravated, the consequences also intensified. Adam and Eve's descendants gradually become wicked, commit fratricide, and boast of their revengeful exploits (Bird, 2020). This primary form of disobedience marked humanity with an intrinsic predisposition toward sin, causing an effect on all aspects of human life. For example, the narrative of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4 and the flood in Genesis 6-9 represent some of sin's consequences. The New Testament reflects these themes, especially in Romans 5:12, which aligns with the teachings of the Old Testament on humanity's fall from grace and the necessity of redemption. The implications of sin affect every aspect of the human condition, contributing to physical and spiritual death, moral corruption, and suffering. Humanity's corruption worsens in a way that God's alternatives to judgment via massive flood. God selected Noah to lead the chosen few through the judgment and start afresh (Bird, 2020). Moreover, Romans 5:12 acknowledges that death turned into a common plague of all biological life since everyone sinned (Bible Gateway, n.d.). Besides, human rebellion caused the entire creation to be subjected to the bondage of corruption. Physical consequences cover death and its entire initial complications that are the repercussions of human disobedience to the Creator. God's good creation, due to human disobedience, became contaminated with hostility, corrupted with evil, and consumed by rebellion (Bird, 2020). The New Testament teachings that support Old Testament history, theology, and literature are the attitudes of Jesus portrayed by his disciples. Numerous quotations from the Old Testament are present in the Epistles and Gospel. More specifically, 2 Timothy 3 stresses it more where words were written mainly of the Old Testament, "The sacred writing which can make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” (Highfield, 2008). Sin interrupts the harmony that God wanted between Himself and His creation, and this division shapes the foundation for humanity's need for a Redeemer. Sin as Privation of the Good Classical theology discusses sin as a privation of the good instead of an independent substance stemming from Augustine's teachings. Augustine's privation theory indicates that there is no supreme being of evil in opposition to God. On the other hand, the Manicheans showed that God undergoes suffering from and is restricted by evil. However, Augustine recognizes God as the best and highest reality conceivable (Highfield, 2008). Even after being caught up in Manichaeism, Augustine still stayed uncomfortable with several of Manichaeism's suppositions, and after he left it...