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Adventistische Schriften über: "Did Jesus Christ Himself bear the guilt of people who reject His sacrifice? There are claims that Jesus only bore the guilt of those who are also first redeemed. For example, Cain, he did not accept the salvation that Christ offered him... Did Jesus also bear the sins of Cain on the cross, knowing that he did not take the salvation for himself"
Answer
The provided documents show that Jesus Christ presented a "propitiation and atonement for the sin of the world" and that forgiveness was "fully and freely" available even to those who rejected it, such as Cain. Although Cain refused the blood sacrifice symbolizing Christ's blood "poured out for the world," it is emphasized that one is only "free before Him" through the acceptance of this provision, as the acceptance is essential for the effectiveness of forgiveness.
Forgiveness was also freely available to the rejecter
»Yet in all things Cain misunderstood the Lord, as he had before in all things wherein he misunderstood himself. With the Lord is forgiveness of transgression, of sin, and of iniquity. The Lord gave the firstborn of his herd, the Lamb of God, a propitiation and atonement for the sin of the world and for the sins of men. For Cain there was forgiveness, wholly and freely, at the beginning, when he still refused to acknowledge that any sin was in him. He received the same, exactly the same full and free forgiveness, after he had revealed his refusal ... Therefore Cain's iniquity was not greater, so that it could be forgiven; in reality it was never greater than at the beginning.«
Cain rejected the blood shed for the world
»The death of Abel was the result of Cain's refusal to accept God's plan to "be saved in the school of obedience through the blood of Jesus Christ," embodied in the offerings pointing to Christ. Cain rejected the shedding of blood, which symbolized the blood of Christ poured out for the world. ... The offering was to be a lesson of God's love in Christ—in the suffering, dying sacrifice that took upon Himself the sin for which man was guilty, the innocent made sin for us.«
The sin of the world lies on Christ
»Consider Jesus. "Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world." It is your privilege to believe that Christ bore your sins; for God has laid upon Him the transgression of us all. You stand under the protection of the secure refuge, under the mantle of the reconciling blood of the acceptable sacrifice. ... He, who was without merit, bore your guilt. By accepting the provision God made, you can stand free before Him in the merit and righteousness of your Substitute.«
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