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Originally Posted by shackleton  Lately I have been reading about sin. In doing so I have become abundantly aware of the fact that death is a result of the Fall as puishment for sin.
In regards to the person of Christ. Since He was born without a sin nature, (theoretically) He would have lived forever had He not been crucified? If death is really the cause of sin? Would He have continued to age since He made it to the age without looking any older? Did He look older at thirty then He did at twenty? Or would He just keep getting older without looking older?
When He did die, did He die because He was crucified? (Like the elves in Lord of the Rings, they could be killed but were not going to die on their own, being immortal), Or did He die because He had our sins laid upon Him, thus making Him sinful and able to die?
These are legitimate questions, I am not trying to be sacreligious. I am trying to understand more fully the nature of sin and Jesus' death on the cross.
I have also noticed that the belief in long creation days leads people to a belief that death is just a natural part of life and not a result of sin. |
I hope you will keep reading in Scripture, for you have raised questions whose answers magnify God’s goodness in becoming our only Sin-bearer. His nature is not theoretical, but actual. Christ Jesus was born in the likeness of man, but wholly without sin. (Deuteronomy 18:15; Phil 2:7-8)
And yes, after the Fall, death has been described by man as natural – but not God. (1 Cor 15:25-26)
Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission for sin – So, from the beginning, God made a blood sacrifice, where by He might have compassion upon those His favor rests –
Christ became the curse – dying on the tree so that we might live free. (Galatians 3:13) He died because HE bore all our sins, each of our transgressions – He became sin, and the Father turned from Him. (Isaiah 53, esp. 4; 1 Peter 1:24; Heb 9:24-28) The wonder is that HE turns to us, having mercy, and smiling . . . (Numbers 6:25)