Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Point of View About Sex in Christianity

"so that its somehow considered 'good' or 'desireable' for a man to reach the age of 30 and be completely asexual?"

"Good" and "desirable" were not the consideration at all, for since procreation (which is accomplished through sexual intercourse in most cases), was a directive of God himself, it is not khate (see Genesis 1:28).

According to the Hebrew and Christian Greek Scriptures, at the time of Adam's departure from tsadiyq [fray.slate.com] and his being sentenced to death, his offspring, or entire race of humans, were all unborn in his loins, and so all died with him (compare Hebrews 7:4-10, also Romans Romans 5:12-19). Jesus, as a tov tsadiyq man, "the last Adam" (1 Co 15:45), had a race or offspring of humans unborn in his loins, and when he died as a perfect human sacrifice, this potential human race died with him. He had willingly abstained from producing a family of his own by natural procreation.

Instead, jesus uses the authority granted him by Yhwh on the basis of his ransom to give life to all those of Adam's offspring who will suffer death simply because they were born of a man condemned to die – through procreation, death spread to all men (and women), through no fault of their own, they were born to die (compare Romans 5;15-17 to 1 Co 15:45). Remember the law, a life for a life.Jesus served as a corresponding ransom – not for the redemption of the one – Adam – but for the redemption from the "law of sin and death" (Romans 8:2, 5:21, and 6:23, James 1:14-17)) for those who have descended from Adam. He has repurchased them, so that they could become his family, doing this by presenting the full value of his ransom sacrifice to the God of absolute justice, who does not pick and choose the applicability of his own laws (Hebrews 9:24).

He thereby gains "a bride", a heavenly congregation, formed of his immediate followers (compare Eph 5:23-27; Revelation 1:5-6; Revelation 5:9-10; and 14:3-4). Messianic prophecies also show he will have "offspring" and an "Eternal Father" (Isaiah 53:10-12, and 9:6-7). To be such, his ransom must embrace more than those of his "bride". In addition to those "bought from among mankind as firstfruits to form that heavenly congregation, therefore, others are to benefit from his ransom sacrifice and gain everlasting life (not immortality) through their release from the law of sin and death to which they now slave (Rev 14:4; 1 John 2:1-2). Since those of the heavenly congregation serve with the Christ as priests and kings "over the earth", such other recipients of the ransom benefits must be earthly subjects of Christ's kingdom, and as children of an "eternal father" they attain everlasting life (Rev 5:10, Rev 20:6; 21:2-4, 21:9-10; and 22:17, compare Psalms 103:2-5).

The one who has died is freed from the law of sin through his death (Romans 6:7), but he is now dead (i.e., no life is in them) – the entire arrangement manifests Yhwh's wisdom and his righteousness in perfectly balancing the scales of justice while also showing undeserved kindness and forgiveness (Romans 3:21-26).