If Christ were an ordinary man, His death for the sins of the whole
human race would not have been possible because the penalty for many
offences cannot be effectually borne by one who is just human. The
possibility of this happening even gets infinitely remote when we
consider the extent of atonement. It deals with the sins committed in
ages past, and those that will ever be committed in the future.
For this to be possible, the substitute for sin must have to be more than a man. The prophet Micah revealed such a being when he wrote concerning the Messiah in Micah 5:2, "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." Not only was He to be born human, His origin is from of old, from everlasting. This is the God Man. The One who bore the penalty for our sin is more than a man, He is God and man, and through all eternity, He will be the God Man.
Toni
For this to be possible, the substitute for sin must have to be more than a man. The prophet Micah revealed such a being when he wrote concerning the Messiah in Micah 5:2, "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." Not only was He to be born human, His origin is from of old, from everlasting. This is the God Man. The One who bore the penalty for our sin is more than a man, He is God and man, and through all eternity, He will be the God Man.
Toni
