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12:15, 20-22). However whilst this is just one reason why Man can not keep
the Law (Rom 3:10), Jesus the Man was able to keep it and yet become sin so
the contradiction of the Law was no obstacle to Him (2 Cor 5:21). Firstly, God
is and had to be a valid, positive, contradiction to redeem sin (2 Cor 5:21, Heb
12:3) and yet transcends this contradictory nature by unifying His primary
and secondary wills into His, single, will (2 Cor 5:21). Anyone wishing to be
God must try and achieve, at their level, the same feat (e.g. Ex 20:13 vs. Deut
20:16). Secondly, there is an inherent contradiction when Man, who is not
God and can not be God, tries to be God which is then necessarily apparent in
the Law (Mat 5:31-32, 38-39) under which Man tries to become God .

Under The Law

Charging interest is forbidden (Ezek 18:8, 13, 22:12-13) as is coming near a
menstrous women (Ezek 18:6). Women must bear children (1 Tim 2:15). Divorce
and remarriage is also forbidden as adultery (Luke 16:18) just as much as
homosexual sex (Rom 1:26-27). Divorce itself is even fobidden (Mat 19:6, Mark
10:9, Luke 16:18). These commandments are just as applicable today as any other
biblical commandment (Deut 28:58, 61, Mat 5:17-18, Rev 22:18-19). For the
Christian however it is not a question of whether he can, can't or must commit
fornication, be a practising homosexual, charge or receive interest, bear children,
or sit next to a menstrous women; but rather he must comply only with the two
Great Commandments (Mat 22:40). All the commandments of the Word, in both
Old and New Testaments, are part of the Law (Deut 28:58, 61). Therefore
commandments can not be obeyed or ignored on an a la carte basis, via cherry
picking or a pick-and-mix mentality (Rev 22:18-19) by reference to whether they
are ‘just’ part of the Law as the whole Word is the Law (Deut 28:58, 61). The same
applies to the ignoring of commandments by use of the interpretative device of
saying 'that was then but this is now' (Rev 22:18-19) which is the essence of
hermeneutics and exegesis. All commandments apply as the Law to the unsaved
who are under the Law (Deut 28:58, 61, Gal 3:10, Rev 22:18-19). For the
Christian only the two Great Commandments apply (Mat 22:40; Gal 3:13, Rom
10:4, 14:4, 14).

God has to allow Man's attempt to be God as Love allows free determination (Eccl
12:7, Rom 10:3, 1 Cor 14:32). He also allows free will to those angels that tried to
be God (Gen 2:17, Eccl 8:8, Rev 12:4) and this attempt leads to their death too (2
Pet 2:4, Rev 20:14-15 in verse 13 'man' refers to angels and men, 'dead' refers to
men only, 'hell' covers both men and fallen angels - 2 Pet 2:4). In their case their
death is the second death which only ensues after the Last Judgement (2 Pet 2:4,