Posted by MK on March 21, 1999 at 13:59:32 {MWb4JuTVMb8r.}:
In Reply to: Just Thinking posted by Ginny Tosken on March 21, 1999 at 12:59:46:
...I thought of the phrase, 'we were sold into sin.' Who sold us? How much did he get in the bargain?
Adam sold himself out, and all his descendents. The price he received was liberty, or freedom of choice, thinking he could live without the source of energy. Of course he was wrong.
...Did Jehovah receive this ransom payment? If so, why did he sell us out in the first place?
As mentioned, Adam sold us out and not Jehovah. Adam took upon himself to decide for all of us what our life would be and none of us can change that regardless of how hard we try.
Why did someone else have to die to pay the price is beyond my understanding. I know the bible says why, but why it had to be I don't know. Maybe someone else can answer that.
However I think that Jesus' sacrifice is somewhat different than that of a child being offered in sacrifice. In the case of children, they weren't asked if they wanted to, but if any adult wishes to offer himself in sacrifice that's his own decision. So I think Jesus voluntarily and willingly paid the price for us according to eye for eye principle. That's why it happened when he was in his thirties.
MK