Man sold himself out to the devil
making himself a bond slave and that slavery will last until the lease or
period of man’s dominion expires.
God must in some way redeem fallen
man from his sin and Satan’s dominion.
He must do it in such a way as not to
be unjust to Satan nor unjust to man.
God must recognise and hold inviolate
man’s treacherous act of transference of dominion.
It was a legal act and God has no
right to arbitrarily annul it.
He must show Satan perfect justice at
all points, and at same time He must reach man in his helplessness and redeem
him.
In order to do this, it is necessary
that one comes to the earth who is not a subject of Satan and yet a man, and as
a man meet every demand for justice against man.
In order to accomplish this, there
must be an incarnation.
This incarnate one must not be a
subject of Satan, nor a subject of death, and to this end, God sends the Holy
Spirit to a virgin in Judah and she conceives and bears a son.
This son is born not of natural
generation but of supernatural.
The child is not a subject of death
nor of Satan.
He has the type of a body that the
first man, Adam had before he sinned.
Every step of the work that was
accomplished by this incarnate one was based upon perfect legal grounds.
This incarnate one met the demands,
first, of the heart of deity for perfect human who would do his will; second,
He met the demands of fallen man in that as a man He met the devil and
conquered him in honourable open combat
‘’Being tempted in all points yet
without sin’’
He goes on the cross and lays upon
Him the iniquity of the human race.
He then with this burden upon Him and
under judgement of God goes down into hell and suffers the penalty demanded by
justice.
When He had paid this penalty, He
rose from the dead.
He conquered Satan, He broke his
dominion and took away his authority and power.
Then with the trophies of His
triumph, He ascended to the right hand of the majesty on high and laid the
tokens of His victory at the feet of God the Father.
Today, we can all enjoy the free gift of salvation and all associated benefits because the price has been paid in full.
Happy Easter Celebration
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