"Forgiveness of sins" is the end of our exile.
You can just leave Babylon.
Reclaim your station as ambassador to an upside down kingdom, ruled by unconditional love, not violent domination.
But you have to want to, first.
Most don't.
"theory bro" as a derogatory epithet for someone who chooses to stand on their moral and logical principles, regardless of the material consequences, is an excellent example of the fundamental depravity of modern society and its rooting in a lower-order understanding of reality
There is a reason followers of The Way used to pledge their life to king Yeshua and unconditionally refused to bow to king Caesar.
So far from their politically dissident heritage, the vast majority of 'believers' today instead willfully and joyfully collaborate with and serve ha-satan's kings and its empires.
Instead of avowing their vocation – requiring life-altering duties and responsibilities – as a foreign ambassador of the one, true kingdom, they pledge their lives to the false ones they live under.
Maybe one day in the future they will re-learn what their ancestors knew deeply:
"sin" = treason
"faith" = allegiance
...and actually take Revelation 17-18 seriously.
Following moral first principles to their logical conclusion is completely incomprehensible for the vast majority of people, and it's profoundly tragic
GM Not sure if it's age, our heartlessly isolating society, political strife bifurcating every single event, or all of the above, but more and more I get physically emotional whenever I see the slightest act of kindness, or forgiveness, or even simply treating a stranger as a human being with value.