>>22181003The gospels are the inspired word of God. Errors in translation and textual variations can indeed happen due to human nature. The Word became flesh, the word is Jesus Christ.
>>22181009For love to be genuine, it must be freely given and freely received. God knew that Adam and Eve would possibly sin, but there was always the alternate possibility that they wouldn't. It comes down to free will. He created them anyway. In a similar way that you have children, known that life for them may be tough. But it is your biological duty. God in a similar way is the creator, so He creates.
1. The fall of mankind was foreseen by God.
2. The sacrifice of Christ is the atonenemt for God's elect and was foreordained by God.
God created a universe, in which his might and glory would manifest in the fullest. And while to your limited mind, things might be clear. There is an overarching element of His desire that you cannot comprehend. Ever.
“God, from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures; nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established” - Westminster confession of faith
This is known as Divine concurrence. God’s sovereign will flows concurrently with our free choices in such a way that our free choices always result in the carrying out of God’s will (by “free” we mean that our choices are not coerced by outside influences)
