"They told you that the primary purpose of the death of the Lord Jesus on the cross was to save you"

CodingSource, you have eloquently presented an argument on how did He save us, exactly? While I appreciate your points and have no argument against the magnificent work of reconciliation and salvation accomplished by the Lord Christ, the debate is about a different question, as I pointed out also to “brontoraptor”, saying: The debate question is: Was saving us the primary (No.1) purpose of the Lord Christ coming to earth or restoring God 's glory after it was once temporarily tarnished when the Satan won the battle of the garden? Therefore, you need to declare your position on the question. Now you might ask why this is so important. Let me start by an analogy, then to the false teaching and deception practiced by false prophets in our days. Assume you were in a situation speaking to your father in front of his friends, and during the conversation, you made a mistake by insulting your father in front of his friends, then you left. Do you think that it is quite natural to come back later to ask him for your allowance, or a sincere apology should take place first? For us to focus on ourselves and our need for reconciliation and salvation and ignore the importance of restoring God respect first, is a form of “belittling” God and showing little reverence. As I mentioned in my post about the importance and the priority of restoring respect to God before receiving the benefits of Lord Chris work on the cross, in John 12, 27-28 we read about the primary purpose of Lord Christ first visit to earth, "It was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28. Father, glorify your name, then a voice came from heaven, I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.”. As far as the insult that was directed to God by the disobedience of Adam and Eve, I mentioned in my post this reference, Romans 15:3, "For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.” Finally the false teaching and deception practiced by false prophets and their motives This is what I presented in my post: The clever subtle duplicity practiced by false preachers. A- By making you the whole focus and the center of God's plan of salvation (not the glorification of God first), their devious plan is to show you how important you are and how much they care about you. Their messages about how much God cares sometimes sound like God is so disparate to have you join his side and will do anything to make that happen (I used this expression just to illustrate the point with my ultimate respect to God). This watering down and distortion of the message of the gospel, in addition to making people believe that spending one hour in the Church on Sunday is all that God requires from them has led many to underestimate sin, having a little desire to change their old ways. B- By pushing the Lord Christ aside and making the pastor (preacher or speaker) the center of attention, the goal is to condition you to become reliant on this person in receiving the word of God. Many have gone one step further, claiming that they have a word from God for you, or a miracle has to do with your health or finance (predicating, of course, upon sending them money), in addition to all the other gimmicks that you can watch played out on TV broadcasts fitting the Biblical description in Jude 1:16, "" walking according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage". C- Lord Christ, being capable of achieving a multipurpose goal has glorified the father and defeated the enemy, completed the work of salvation and reconciliation on the cross, and left an example to be followed. The preachers who focus only on one aspect of the Lord Christ's accomplishments (the redemption aspect), are denying people a wholesome teaching providing one-legged base upon which they rest their faith and conduct their lives. Obviously, the journey with God will become very shaky (one-legged base), since Lord Christ is no longer the center and there is little reading of the Bible to understand his example, the result is a weak person, facing many disappointments in life and constantly dependent on those preachers for help. The crux of the whole plot is this: "They are after you, not for you". So, now the question again to you is : Was saving us the primary (No.1) purpose of the Lord Christ coming to earth, or restoring God’s glory first after it was once temporarily tarnished when the Satan won the battle of the Garden of Eden?