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To: jimmyray
Why did Jesus die, anyway?

The Lord never "died". He became the Divine Human -- God in perfect form.

He was born half Divine, half human. Through His life, He conquered the hells and put off that which was human.

Our own regeneration mirrors this process that the Lord went through. The Lord battled all evils so we do not have to alone.

203 posted on 03/28/2008 8:35:22 AM PDT by DaveMSmith (Nothin' worse than a leaky dame)
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To: DaveMSmith
The Lord never "died".

Scripture defines my theology, but it appears (?) that your theology defines how you understand scripture. How would you interpret the following passage from 1 Corinthians 15?

3. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4. And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

This plainly states that Christ, e.g. Jesus, died. There are many more passages in the NT, such as this testimony of Jesus himself in Revelation 1:18 -

18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

How can you say, and back with scripture, Jesus did not die?

205 posted on 03/28/2008 9:02:25 AM PDT by jimmyray
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To: DaveMSmith
"half Divine, half human."

All human, All divine. Or, to clarify, human body and intellect with a divine soul/spirit, sinless in every respect, yet tempted in all points as we are.

206 posted on 03/28/2008 9:06:15 AM PDT by jimmyray
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