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NASB | 2 Corinthians 5:21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 5:21 He made Christ who knew no sin to [judicially] be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we would become the righteousness of God [that is, we would be made acceptable to Him and placed in a right relationship with Him by His gracious lovingkindness]. |
Bible Question:
John, "My last point is that if Christ had died spiritually as well as physically, it would mean that the Trinity would not have existed as such during the time between His death and resurrection." I do not understand this statement. Please define 'spiritual death' so I can understand your reasoning here. It is my understanding that the spirit, whether man's or God's will never 'cease to exist' or expire. So to me spiritual death for man in sin is eternal seperation from the Father in hell. Conciousness and awareness never ceasing. So to say Jesus 'died spiritually' is not to say He ceased to exist but rather was seperated from the Father spiritually. The question here then would be...Did Jesus experience spiritual seperation from the Father when He was made sin for us. Does not the majority of theologians agree that Jesus was spiritually seperated from the Father when the sins of mankind were layed upon Him? Jesus Himself said "My God, My God, why have your forsaken me?" Did the Father forsake the 'man' Jesus and not the God part of Jesus? Or was the redemption actually God sacrificing Himself (the Word portion of the trinity) for sin? Just some thoughts... God bless |
Bible Answer: Spiritual death is first described in Gen 2:17. This day you will surely die..we know Adam did not die for hundreds of years but he was seperated from God and sent out of the garden. So we can see seperation from God is spiritual death. Backed up in the NT 2Corinthians 4:4, John 3:1-7 and John 5:1-4. |