This He did out of sheer love for us, so that in His death all might die, and the law of death thereby be abolished because, having fulfilled in His body that which it was appointed, it was thereafter voided of its power for men. “Thus, taking a body like our own, because all our bodies were liable to the corruption of death, He surrendered His body to death instead of all, and offered it to the Father. Don’t rush through what’s being said, instead I encourage you to read carefully and savor what it is this great early church father has to say. I’ve picked up this book for the second time this week, and I wanted to share a great passage out of it I read today. (I think it’s only 99 cents on Kindle, and probably free elsewhere.) I highly, highly, highly recommend that you pick up a copy of this wonderful book. It is devotional, and inspires praise while at the same time theological, and highly intelligent. His short work “On The Incarnation” has become a favorite of mine. Athanasius is, in my opinion, the most readable and enlightening of the early church Fathers.
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