Thoughts On Religion

Religion is a very fascinating thing. I find it so intriguing how people all over the world feel the need for something bigger than themselves. In every part of the world, you find many different religions and practices by different types of people. I personally am a Christian, and so I believe that Jesus was the Son of God and is in fact God himself. I believe that God the Father had it planned from before the beginning that Jesus would come to this earth and that he would be the only way to forgiveness.
As many people know, the Jewish people sacrificed animals to God for the forgiveness of sins. In some cultures, their gods were bloodthirsty and so they slaughtered the animals or people to appease the gods. However, I find it interesting that the God of the Jews did not want the blood of the animals because he was bloodthirsty. He merely instituted the sacrificing of animals because he would allow the sins of the people to be put on the animals, and then those sins would be forgiven.
From the very beginning, God knew that all the animals that the world could ever produce to be given as sacrifices would never be enough to rid the world of all of its sin. And this was incredible because God knew what he had to do before he even made the universe. He sent Jesus Christ to this earth as a pure spirit. Jesus was perfect and without sin. He had all the knowledge and wisdom, and he knew exactly what he had been sent for.
In the Gospel of John we learn that Jesus was in fact the creator of everything, and everything was created for him. And so, Jesus came to this earth to fulfill his mission because he knew that if he became that sacrifice, he would be filled with the sins of all and the world would have complete forgiveness if they want it.
And so Christianity has become what it is today. It has come so far in the last two thousand years, and it will continue to grow until Jesus himself returns for his people.
If you have any thoughts or questions, feel free to post them in the comments.