ChristopherPaul
Puritan Board Senior
Hypothetically, if Jesus lived incarnate as the second Adam, but never suffered for our sins, nor atoned for them by willingly laying down His life (and of course, God the Father never obligating Him to do so), then would He have ever died or been able to be killed? Additionally would He continue to age to the end of death?
Is not death the result of sin?
Jesus willingly took upon Himself our sins and thus willingly died a sinners death. For Him to not take upon Himself our sins, would He be able to die anyway having a sinless nature?
Christ continued to grow and become strong to the age of thirty, which theoretically could have been the age of created Adam and thus the peak age of immortal man and thus Jesus never aged past thirty even though He was on earth for 33 years (again this is completely surmised and assumes we will all be thirty when we are in our glorified state). The fact that sinless Christ aged is obvious, but would He have aged to the point of death?
I am trying to understand original sin by comparing a man with a sinFUL nature to a man with a sinLESS nature. Infants die even though they were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad. Is this due to their sinful nature? Is death proof that sin was present? Is all death the result of sin? Do animals have a sinful nature? Are animals sinless? Do animals groan and suffer the pains of childbirth until the time of redemption?
*goes back to contemplating his navel*
[Edited on 3-21-2006 by ChristopherPaul]
Is not death the result of sin?
Jesus willingly took upon Himself our sins and thus willingly died a sinners death. For Him to not take upon Himself our sins, would He be able to die anyway having a sinless nature?
Christ continued to grow and become strong to the age of thirty, which theoretically could have been the age of created Adam and thus the peak age of immortal man and thus Jesus never aged past thirty even though He was on earth for 33 years (again this is completely surmised and assumes we will all be thirty when we are in our glorified state). The fact that sinless Christ aged is obvious, but would He have aged to the point of death?
I am trying to understand original sin by comparing a man with a sinFUL nature to a man with a sinLESS nature. Infants die even though they were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad. Is this due to their sinful nature? Is death proof that sin was present? Is all death the result of sin? Do animals have a sinful nature? Are animals sinless? Do animals groan and suffer the pains of childbirth until the time of redemption?
*goes back to contemplating his navel*
[Edited on 3-21-2006 by ChristopherPaul]