Why? He is a loving and forgiving God. If you read the whole bible from Genesis to Revelation, you will notice that God gets angry at us many times, but some how he forgives us. When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit from the tree, sure he punished both of them for being disobedient to him; however, he still had love in his heart for them by not destroying both of them. I believe he could have, if he wanted to, but he didn’t.
Remember King David? He committed adultery with Bathsheba. He asked God for forgiveness. Psalm 38: 1-22, 51: 1-19. The two main terms for forgiveness in Hebrew are nasa’, “to take away sin” and salach, “to pardon.”
Now let’s look at Jonah, he was disobedient to God by running away from where God instructed him to go, the city of Nineveh. Jonah took a ship and went in the opposite direction, so God taught him a lesson. After Jonah was cast into the sea, God arranged for a big fish to swallow him. Jonah was in the fish’s belly for three days and nights. Jonah then prayed to God from his heart for forgiveness and God ordered the fish to spit out Jonah onto the beach.
There is much written in our bible about people who have received forgiveness. Now we all know that we are full of sins, no one is perfect in this world. What is the answer? The only thing we can do is to keep asking God for forgiveness from our heart. Amen!!!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you!
From Rev. Jimmy Nishimoto and Chris Eliason
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