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   .Isa. 53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
    After Jesus had suffered the complete penalty for Adam's sin and it's result in mankind, God declared Himself to be satisfied. The penalty for Adam's actions included death spiritually, physically and eternally. When the Father said He was satisfied all debt was paid in full and God could legally raise Jesus out of the hell He was in because Jesus had become identified with sin through obedience. (Phil. 2:5-8) Adam had identified with sin through disobedience.
    We know that Jesus died a two-fold death. (Isa. 53:9) We know this because Adam's death was two-fold. God spoke to Adam telling him "in the day you eat you shall die." (Gen. 2:17) We know that Adam did not die physically until he was 930 years of age.
   Rom.4:25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
    Jesus wasn't raised from the dead until mankind was declared "right" again with God. The death of Christ reconciled us to God. (Rom.5:10)
    The Bible reveals two kinds of righteousness God views man as having. The first is "imputed" righteousness.(Jas. 2:23) The word "impute" means "to attribute or credit" to someone. This is the kind of righteousness God gave Old Testament saints. They were not righteous but God counted them as being righteous because they obeyed the ordinances, sacrifices and offerings that pointed to what would be the fulfillment of them all, the Person and Work of Jesus Christ. God, in other words, made the Old Testament saints, righteous on credit, until the One would come and actually make people righteous through union with Himself.
   1 Tim.3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
    The second kind of righteousness is "imparted" righteousness. This kind of righteousness is included in the life and nature of God that all men receive at the time of the new birth. This kind of righteousness was given to Christ as He was becoming the last Adam. (1 Cor. 1:30) It's always good to remember that Jesus only became the last Adam at His quickening and resurrection. (1 Cor. 15: 44-45)
   1 Cor. 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: Christ was made unto us among other things, "righteousness." Righteousness means to be right with God's standard of rightness. In other words God makes a man "right" with His very own   standard of righteness. This righteousness becomes the possession of every man that believes that
   Jesus was raised from the dead and that Jesus is also Lord in that person's life. That's the vital side of redemption. There are two halves of the redemptive equation. First, there are all the things that are legally ours because of God identifying us with the finished work of Christ. The legal side of redemption deals with the work of Christ as our provision in Christ. Second, there is the vital side of redemption that causes all that Christ has accomplished to be vitally true in our life, not as a provision, but a possession.
   Acts 13:33-34 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
    The day Christ was begotten by the Father is the day God raised Him from the dead. This verse helps us to understand the two-fold aspect of the resurrection of Christ.
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   In Christ,
   Gary L. Garner

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