both necessary for our salvation. Apart from who Jesus is and what he does, God’s purposes for creation cannot be fulfilled, we cannot enjoy covenant reconciliation with God in true sonship, and our enemies will not be defeated. All because our sin would remain unforgiven. In Hebrews 2:5–18, the author then further develops his argument for the necessity and inseparability of Christ’s incarnation and atonement according to a four-part rationale. First, God the Son becomes man to fulfill God’s original
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