From your response I will assume my previous post, is also accepted.
Further to this Paul wrote: "Likewise reckon ye yourselves to be
dead indeed to sin (a synonym for inordinate human desire) but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom 6:11) Here is both death and life in the one body.
"For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God . . .
Mortify (put to death) therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection etc. . ." (Col. 3:3-5).
The hand of the worshipper was placed heavily upon (the head of the animal, because true worshippers must become sealed in the forehead, in action that takes some effort (Rev 7:3; 14:1). The mind is to be given to God.
How did Christ mortify his members?
How did Christ become dead to sin?
How did he identify with his own nature, if it wasn’t like yours?
Therefore, there is now
no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you[
a] free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[
b] God did by sending his
own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.[
c]
And so he condemned sin in the flesh, Romans 8:1-3
Christ allowed God to condemn sin in his nature the question is how was it represented in him?
Christ must have had something "in him" which needed condemning and removing.
"without the shedding of blood (a dedicated life, the positive aspect of sacrifice) there is no remission" (Heb. 9:22).
Christ must in everyway represent those he saved...any advantage to his nature disqualifies him from the shadow institution.
In other words if he didnt mortify his members he cannot be a sacrfice for our sins.
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