Sin: A History by Gary A. Anderson

Author:Gary A. Anderson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Tags: Non-Fiction, Gnostic Dementia, Religious Studies, Philosophy, 21st Century, Religion, v.5, Amazon.com, Retail, Religious History, Cultural History, Cultural Anthropology
ISBN: 9780300168099
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009-09-28T15:00:00+00:00

The providential plan of God the Father required that the Second Adam repay the debt of the sins of the first. And the crowd played its role to perfection. The people of Jerusalem did the bidding of the Father by releasing the First Adam and putting the second to death. “It was a wicked desire,” Jacob writes, “but a beautiful clamor.”

The events of the Passion, then, were to be read on two levels. As simple historical fact, we see a brigand and an innocent man. The brigand has committed crimes whose repayment will require considerable bodily suffering. Yet the crowd cries for his release. In his place, an innocent man will be forced to suffer. At the cosmic level, this brigand is none other than Adam himself. The punishment he owes has become our own tragic patrimony. Yet because of divine grace, Adam does not have to pay the full price. The Second Adam will stand in his place and undergo the scourge that was his and our due. Christ, “the rich one,” steps forward and repays “the debts of the sinners and [tears] up the bond (Col 2:14) which all [previous] generations had not the resources to repay.”

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