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Thank you! I've spent a lot of time thinking about and discussing the different atonement models. To me the Ransom theory is the one that fits the Scriptures. I find problems with the other two.

Actually, it doesn't. For the first thousand years of the church the atonement was seen through the Ransom model. Around 1100 A.D. a Catholic theologian named Anselm of Canterbury decided that God needed reparations. He said that God was so far above man that no man could repay God for the sins...

Before we start jumping all over the place let's address the passage at hand. 7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.1 (Gen. 2:7 KJV) The passage says that God created the man from the dust of...

Dude, this isn't right. Gen. 2:7 tells us what a soul is. It's a physical body infused with the breath/spirit of life from God. Man is a physical being. He is not a spirit. When man dies the body returns to the dust and God's breath/spirit returns to Him.

A soul is a living being. Genesis 2:7 tells us what a soul is. 7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.1 (Gen. 2:7 KJV) Here we see that God created the man (body) and breathed into it the breath...

It's the Sabbath rest of God, it's the 7th day, it's the Kingdom of God.

Yet Paul himself indicates that baptism ties one to Christ and the resurrection.

It's a yes or no question. Are you saying that baptism is only for the Jews?

You didn't answer my question. We're not told if the thief was baptized or not. He could have been baptized by John. However, that's irrelevant. Jesus had authority from the Father. He had authority to do things that Christians don't. What He did doesn't negate what He told His followers to...

You didn't answer my question?

I'm not sure what you're getting at. Maybe you comment?

I'm not sure what you mean by "spiritual life". The passage does, however, indicate that belief and baptism precede being saved.

That's obvious! Is it your contention that it only applies to the Jews?

I'm not sure what your point is here.

Mark 16:16 ends any debate before it starts. Jesus uses a grammatical argument that cannot be gotten around no matter how one tries. In that verse "Believes" and "is baptized" are in the present tense. Shall be saved is future tense. Therefore, "believes" and "is baptized" must precede shall be...

It's interesting that you say I'm closed to discussion on this matter when you've simply rejected out of hand everything I presented. You said I'm the one claiming to be right. If we go back to the beginning, it was you who quoted my post saying that it wasn't the land, but rather the earth that...

Dude, this is so typical. I can't tell you how many times I've heard this. I didn't give you opinion. I gave you fact. If you were familiar with the texts then you'd know this. All we have to do is compare the NT with the LXX and the Masoretic text to see that Jesus and the apostles used the...

I see. Anything that gets posted that disagrees with you is flawed and fallible. Got it. You don't have the original Hebrew texts. What is primarily available today is the Masoretic text. The copies we have aren't even that old. The copies of the LXX that we have are several hundred years older...

You claim the passage is metaphorical without evidence and then question my research? BGT Genesis 13:15 ὅτι πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἣν σὺ ὁρᾷς σοὶ δώσω αὐτὴν καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος (Gen. 13:15 BGT)

This is about as clear cut as you can get. 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (Gal. 3:14 KJV) The blessing of Abraham comes to the Gentiles through Christ. I've shown Gen 28 that...