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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. |
Subject: The ransom - God or man? |
Bible Note: He certainly is more than a man now. The God with whom he mediates for us has exalted him and granted him authority over heaven and earth. My point is that Adam was more than you or I, thus none of his offspring could provide the ransom. Another Adam was required, thus the virgin birth. Do you see the need for equivalency in divine justice? Pay the debt Adam incurred for forfeiting his perfect life and you fix the consequences - our death. My question is: Did the ransom need to be God? Again, I can find no reason to support this. The fact that God waited thousands of years to provide the ransom actually supports his nature. We can discuss that when someone at least agrees that it is not Scripturally "necessary" for the ransom to be God. |