Immortality, Redemption, Emancipation And Deliverance In The Holy Bible

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Chapter – I
Introduction
Immortality, redemption, emancipation and deliverance have always been the highest spiritual aims of mankind as well as his innermost aspirations. Throughout the ages his spirit has relentlessly soared towards these eternal peaks that lie beyond the comprehension of ordinary human understanding. He has always tried to decipher the larger meaning and purpose of human existence and of its link with the entire creation. Man’s quest has been to identify the powers governing life and how his life fits into the greater scheme of things whereby this universe exists. Where science and rationality failed to find any Cosmic significance in human existence, the spiritual approach not only found a meaning but also connected it …show more content…

Here it is used both for the ‘deliverance from sin’ and ‘freedom from bondage’. It is thus prescribed in the New Testament, “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace” (The Holy Bible 817). The coming of Jesus of Nazareth is the fulfilment of hope for humanity. Through him the deliverance of the mankind from the state of alienation from God is seen and accomplished by his death and resurrection. (The Holy Bible 787) Here the price paid is moral and not material. Humankind is liberated from the captivity of sin by the atoning death of Christ and his blood was the means of redemption. Jesus, the son of God offered himself as ransom for humanity in accordance with the God’s redemptive plan. (The Holy Bible 701) Thus Christ’s death is the portrayal of the payment price for the deliverance of those held in captivity by Satin. Leon Morris says, “Paul uses the concept of redemption primarily to speak of the saving significance of the death of Chris” (Morris 784). Christ offering himself is to be seen and interpreted in light of his obedience to God and not as payment to Satin or striking any deal with him. As a result of redemption, the deliverance is not only the forgiveness from sin (The Holy Bible 796) but also the newness of life on a spiritual level with oneness with God (The Holy Bible

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