[Trapped]

And if Jesus was not God, but was only a man, how could his death atone for all of mankind? If he was man then his death could only substitute for one other person's death. It seems to me that it's precisely that he is God (or God-kind, or divine, or eternal, or whatever doesn't make you shiver) that his death took care of everyone. Yes, he was a man, but he wasn't only a man, or else his death would have been useless.

The bible says eternal life is not only to know God the Father also but our Lord Jesus Christ. Let's talk about the latter one a bit then. Don't keep repeating that one phrase to us. We can read. We understand. We agree. We'd like to talk about a few other phrases. We'd like to talk about some implications. This is not an argument, at least not on my part. This is an interested conversation. Engage with us, please!