WHAT GOD HAS DONE TO SAVE MANKIND

Conclusion of WHY THE MESSIAH WOULD DIE 

It was as though our first parents had squandered a vast fortune, plunging themselves into a pit of debt. Adam and Eve passed that debt on to their offspring.  Because we were  not born perfect and sinless, every one of us is sinful and dying. When we get sick or say something hurtful that we wish we could take back, we are experiencing the effects of our inherited debt-human imperfection.  (Romans 7:21-25)  Our only hope lies in regaining what Adam lost. However, we cannot earn perfect human life.  Since all imperfect humans commit sin, all of us earn death, not life. -Romans 6:23. 

Yet, could something be offered in exchange for the life that Adam forfeited?  God's standard of justice demands balance,  "soul for soul."  (Exodus 21:23) So a life had to be offered to pay for the life that was lost. Not just any life would suffice.  Psalm 49:7, 8)  says of imperfect humans:  "Not one of them by any means redeem even a brother, nor give to God a ransom for him; (and the redemption price of their soul is so precious that it has ceased to time indefinite)."  Is the situation therefore hopeless?  No, indeed.

In the Hebrew language, the word "ransom" signifies the sum paid to redeem a captive and also denotes equivalency. Only  a man with a perfect human life could offer up the equivalent of what Adam lost.  After Adam, the only perfect man born on earth was Jesus Christ. Hence, the Bible calls Jesus "the last Adam" and assures us that Christ "gave himself a corresponding ransom for all."  (1 Corinthians 15:45; 1 Timothy 2:5, 6)  Whereas Adam passed death on to  his children, Jesus' legacy is life eternal.  1 Corinthians 15:22 explains:  "Just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive."  Appropriately, then, Jesus is called "Eternal Father." -Isaiah 9:6, 7.

Note: Let us not forget, besides Satan who got us into this mess to begin with. Adam is not solely to blame here, he just made the mistake of listening to his wife, when he knew he should not have; as least not in this case. Yes, he is the head of the family, but in serious decisions like this, he should not have listened to his wife; he should have thought it over more, but (and excuse this language) when you are a man and [whipped] you are not thinking with the brain in your head.  So let us not put all the blame on Adam. They both are  to be blamed.  

Next time: WHAT GOD HAS DONE TO SAVE MANKIND/HOW THE RANSOM WAS PAID

From the book: KNOWLEDGE That Leads to Everlasting life