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A ransom is a price paid to buy back something forfeited or to bring about release from bondage.The Bible explained that our first parents, Adam and Eve, were created sinless, with the prospect of enjoying life forever on a paradise earth along with the offspring they would later produce.  (Genesis 1:26-28)  Sadly, they forfeited all of that by choosing to disobey God-thus becoming sinners.  What was the result?  The Bible answers:  "Through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and do death spread to all men because they had all sinned.: (Romans 5:12)  Instead of passing on perfect life to his offspring, Adam passed on sin and its consequences, death.

In the case of ransom, what is paid must be equal to what was lost. When Adam deliberately disobeyed God, he sinned, and the result was the loss of a perfect human life-Adam's life.  According to the Bible, that caused Adam's offspring  to become enslaved to sin and death.   Hence, it took the surrendering of another perfect human life-Jesus' life-given as a sacrifice to make release from bondage possible.  (Romans 5:19; Ephesians 1:7)  It is only because God lovingly paid this ransom that mankind has the prospect of enjoying what Adam and Eve lost-life forever on a  paradise earth. -Revelation 21:3-5 .

In view of what it accomplishes, there is no doubt that God's gift of the ransom, which makes everlasting life possible, is the greatest gift of all.  To appreciate what a "perfect present" it is, let us see how, in surpassing ways, it satisfies the factors that help us to make gifts worthwhile, as discussed in the preceding article.

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