Bible Discussion Thread

"... Be sure that you feed and shepard God's flock ... purchased with his blood." God had to die for us for the following reasons. A man such as Noah or Daniel couldn't die because he, too, was under the death penalty. And to be a proper subsutitute required someone who was not under any such obligation.

An angel couldn't die for us because angels do not love us. The Bible declares that only God is love. And without love, no angel would have gone through with it. He would have stumbled along the way. Too, an angel would not have had the Spirit of God within him to give him the power and love he needed to resist sin as Jesus did. An angel would have sinned and forfeited his mission. Further, no angel's life is worth the value of the human race. They are created beings, too.

This leaves God, himself. God could do it because he is love: "God so loved the world." This love would compell him to lay down his life for us. Too, God's life is worth more than the value of all humans because the one who creates is always worth more than the created. The creater can make, destroy, and make again, while the created's life is always dependent on the creator.