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NASB | 1 Corinthians 15:21 For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 15:21 For since [it was] by a man that death came [into the world], it is also by a Man that the resurrection of the dead has come. |
Bible Question: Did the Messiah have to be God in order to undo Adamic sin? All Scripture dealing with the merits of Jesus ransom equate him with Adam. Is his deity required in order to effect our redemption? |
Bible Answer: alienresidient, Yes, the Messiah had to be God to forgive sin. In His plan, He needed to provide a perfect, sinless sacrifice to atone for the sins of mankind. John the Baptist heralds Christ as "the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" in John 1:29. This is clearly shown with the prediction in Is. 7:14, and founded in Is. 42:25 and Mark 2:7. His Diety too was absolutely required to effect redemption. He had to be both God and man to accomplish this. 1 Tim. 2:5-6 says: "For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time." This may be too brief of an answer to convey this important foundational doctrine. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |