No argument there, but where does it day that god demanded that ransom?
does it say that God demanded
Sorry.
"No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father." -- John 10:18
Thus it is Christ's perfect, merciful obedience to the commandment of God that saves us.