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218 "THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE"
him to become a perfect man that he might be a
corresponding ransom for the perfect human life
that Adam forfeited for himself and lost for all
mankind by his willful sin in Eden . But as long
as Jesus enjoyed human life himself he could not
be a corresponding ransom for dying mankind .
He must sacrifice that perfect human life by dying
in sinless innocence according to God's will. In
that way he would release that perfect human
life and the right to it and make it an asset which
he could apply before God in heaven as a purchase
price for mankind. He could apply the merit of his
human righteousness as a means of canceling the
sin and condemnation against believing men .
5 Though condemned as a sinner by self-righteous
religious Jews, he died holy and righteous as a
ransom sacrifice . Peter said to them at the temple
: "Yes, you disowned that holy and righteous
one, and you asked for a man, a murderer, to be
freely granted to you, whereas you killed the Chief
Agent of life . But God raised him up from the
dead, of which fact we are witnesses ." Acts
3 :14,15, NW This same Peter tells us that God
resurrected Jesus Christ a spirit : "Christ died
once for all time concerning sins, a righteous person
for unrighteous ones, that he might lead you
to God, he being put to death in the flesh, but being
made alive in the spirit ." 1 Peter 3 :18, NW
By not being made alive again in the flesh, he
left his perfect human life as a sacrifice to ransom
dying mankind. He said : "The bread that I
5 . Was Jesus resurrected a fleshly person? What is the
reason?