Easter/Religion Dilemma (This is a long one)

Some things that have been bothering me about the Easter story that I haven’t really gotten a good answer for:

On the sacrifice:

If Jesus died for all our sins, why are we still confessing and asking for forgiveness?? That feels like someone paying off your debt and then still getting monthly statements of money you need to pay. The person already settled the account. Why are we still being billed?

Also, he died Friday, rose Sunday. So what exactly did he sacrifice? The life he gave, he got it back!! Yet, everyday we’re reminded he gave his life. What did he truly lose that it’s being used to hold our neck like that?

And why did a sacrifice need to happen at all in the first place? He's literally all-powerful. He could've just... forgiven everyone. Sent an email. Done a press release. "Hey everyone, you're good. - love, God." Done.

But no, God sacrificed himself to himself (Jesus being part of the trinity), to forgive humans for sins that he, being omniscient, knew they would commit before he even created them??

The set up sef… 🥴

God put a forbidden tree right there in the garden. Knew Eve would eat from it (all-knowing, remember). Let the serpent in. And then punished every single human being to ever live because of it.

Think about it this way: imagine someone set a trap for your ancestor centuries ago. They knew the ancestor would fall for it. They still set it. The ancestor fell. They were punished. But it didn’t stop there. Their descendants, people who weren’t even born yet, people who had nothing to do with any of it, are still paying for it generations later. No innocent until proven guilty. Just born guilty (sinful). Because of someone else’s mistake. Chale 💀

And God didn’t even give them a second chance! For an all-loving, all-merciful God, that was literally their first offence. First mistake ever. They didn’t even know evil existed because He hadn’t introduced the concept to them. Yet the serpent, which He also created and allowed into the garden, showed up and they got played. And the punishment for that one mistake was suffering for all of humanity for the rest of time? Aaba!

And we still have to beg for his love? Is love by force? If i don’t want it, let me be there er? Why can’t God just go and enjoy heaven with the people that choose the love? Why must the others burn eternally for it? Eternity o… no timeout, for creatures that you created, and even know what they will do cos He sees into the future.

So essentially, if anyone ends up in hell, God already knew they would end up there before they were even born. Which means he allowed them to be born, live a whole life, only to end up in hell. That he already knew about. Before they arrived.

Like this is all a bit extreme and unfair.

I want to be clear: I'm not trying to be disrespectful. I'm genuinely curious and also, it's Easter and someone has to ask. That's what the discourse is for. Bring your best.

Anyway, shouts to Judas for the long weekend 🙏🏾😂