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"name above every name"--Lord ofall. Phil. 2:5-11.This fact, that Jesus' right, and power,and control of men as their Master andLord, was gained by his sacrifice as aMAN, hence not as claimed above, isclearly stated by the apostle, thus: "Forto this end, Christ both died, and revived,and rose, THAT HE MIGHT BELORD both of the dead and living."Rom. 14:9.The statement above concerning oneMERE human sacrifice, is not a quotationfrom the columns of the TOWER. Ourcontemporary does not thus favor us.The expression, "MERE man," wouldconvey to many minds the idea of animperfect man; hence we would not useit. When Jesus "WAS MADE FLESH"it was neither on "the lowest round ofthe ladder," nor on any other than thevery highest, a glorious perfect image ofGod, in the flesh. Had he been onewhit less perfect than the first perfectman, he could not have been the Redeemerof what Adam lost for himselfand his race. Had he been one whithigher than PERFECT MAN, he couldnot have given himself as "a correspondingprice." See YOUNG'S GREEKHEBREW and ENGLISH CONCORDANCEfor definition, under head of Ransom,1 Tim. 2:6--antilutron "a correspondingprice."By reason of the "fall" of its representative,Adam, the whole race is nowdepraved, imperfect, ungodlike, and allcondemned to death; HENCE all beingunder the same condemnation, "Nonecan by any means REDEEM his brother,nor give to God a ransom for him."(Psa. 49:7.)This text is most too much for theviews presented in the right-hand column.If it means anything, it provesthat God's law did demand a RANSOM,that he would not excuse sin in the way