[Ali Imran]

Mind you, God our Forgiver does not inflict any punishment on us after forgiving our sins. Don't you think you're inflicting your strange ideas about God on us, such as Him losing His ability to erase sins?

Throughout the Bible we repeatedly see God's compassion for those who need His forgiveness. God desires to save as many people as possible, not as few people as possible.

Say to them, "As I live!" declares the Lord God, "I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways!" (Ezek 33:11).

"For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost" (Luke 19:10).

"This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Tim 2:3-4).

"The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance (2 Pet 3:9).

Hi SimTan.

It seems you didn't understand the argument, so let me repeat it.

For more than a thousand years, sinners were saved if they repented, sought God's forgiveness, made amends, and obeyed the commandments. If they do that, all their sins will be erased.

How come there is a sudden change when Paul came along? How come God could no longer just erase sins? How come God suddenly needs to do his "justice" by punishing an innocent man in the place of the sinners?