Rightglory
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You are quite confused. You are conflating physical death and spiritual death.You have not properly understood 1Cor 15:22. In Adam all, without exception, all of humankind are destined to die. You have not carefully read the verse. Paul tells us IN CHRIST shall all be made alive. It is abundantly clear throughout Scripture that not all mankind without exception are IN CHRIST! All of humanity is in Adam, being physically born, but only those who are of faith are found to be IN CHRIST.
1 Corinthians 15:22 (KJV) For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
All of humanity in an hour coming will be bodily resurrected from the graves. They are bodily resurrected to life, or damnation depending on whether or not in life they are of those who had done good, or of those who have done evil.
John 5:28-29 (KJV) Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
That means that not all who are resurrected shall be immortal and incorruptible as you imagine. Paul says for the dead raised incorruptible and immortal death has been swallowed up in victory. So, none of those resurrected immortal and incorruptible will be resurrected to damnation, which is the lake of fire, the second death.
1 Corinthians 15:52-54 (KJV) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
I Cor 15: 20-22 is addressing physical death. The previous verses are speaking of all the dead that are raised because Christ is raised.
It is an equation. So by your logic ONLY believers died through Adam thus only those that believe will be raised. It also is a direct denial of the Incarnation of Christ. One of the hallmarks of historical Christianity. Why do you think Christ needed to take on our human nature?
john 5:28-29 verifies that all the dead will be raised in the last day, and all the dead will stand in judgement before Christ.
Here is where you show your conflation. The death that gets swallowed up is physical death. Do you really think God will destroy any of His creation. The second death is loss of a relationship with Christ for an eternity. To exist in hell they will also be immortal, or not mortal, capable of dying which was swallowed up by Christ victory over death. And incorruptible, will not dissolve into dust again.
However they will be condemned to hell to remain for an eternity, separated from God .
A difference is that believers will also be glorified.
Christ had the very same human nature as we do. So is every baby, born without sin. But you are correct Christ is the ONLY one that did not sin.Not exactly the same human nature, remember Christ was without sin. As I've repeatedly said, Christ is the propitiation (atonement) for the sin of the whole world. Through His atoning blood all sin is done away either according to grace through faith when man believes Christ for everlasting life OR sin will be done away for the one who dies in his/her sin in the lake of fire, that is the second death.
Actually, sin ends with the physical death of every human. When the dead are raised in the last day, none will have sin in them. The reason that man dies is to rid this body of sin. That is physical death.
Atonement means reconciliation/restoration back to Divine favor. Yes, that is explicity what scripture states in several passages Col 1:20, II Cor 5:18-19. Christ was in this world to reconcile the world back to God. What does that mean? It means Christ overcame death and gave this physical world an eternal existence again. The world would not dissolve back to dust permanently. The sacrifice for sin made it possible for man to have a relationship with Christ in ones earthly existence because we can have our sin forgiven to remain IN Christ. The atonement for for God's purpose, not man's. It was universal, not limited.Atonement means reconciliation/restoration back to Divine favor. Without faith it is impossible to please God, or to be put back into His Divine favor. Atonement by Christ is complete for whosoever believes, but faith for man to believe in Christ most assuredly is not complete in all of them without exception.
When man believes/repents/'confesses one's sin we are put back in favor with God, that is called justification by faith. That is not atonement.
AgreedWithout faith it is impossible to please God, or to be put back into His Divine favor.
Incorrect. It was complete for God. Has nothing to do with who believers. It has to do with Christ correcting the fall. So that man now can be in the same position as Adam was in the beginning. In a relationship with God. That what it means to be born again.Atonement by Christ is complete for whosoever believes, but faith for man to believe in Christ most assuredly is not complete in all of them without exception.