“For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.”
For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive — the principle of testamentary law establishes why the death of Jesus was soteriologically essential. His death inaugurates the new covenant just as death activates a will; life under the old covenant continues until the testator dies.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
0/2000
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!