Who Shall Descend into the Deep? Romans 10:7

Paul the apostle told the people in Rome, “the righteousness which is of faith speaks on this wise, Say not in your heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:), and in chapter ten and verse seven of Romans, Paul continued his question as he asked his readers, “who shall descend into the deep?” where we read:

Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

The verse begins, “Or, Who shall descend into the deep?” Paul began with the word, “or” which means “either” “who shall descend” which means “what person is able or capable to go or come down” “into the deep” which refers to “towards the abyss or unbounded and bottomless pit”. Paul questioned his readers as to what person was able to “go down” into the “abyss”.

The verse goes on to say, “ (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) ” Paul added the words, “(that is” which means “which refers to”, “to bring up Christ” which means “to lead up to a higher place, launch or loose” “again” or “another time” “from the dead” which means “away or separated from one who has breathed his last, lifeless or inanimate” Paul clarified his words about “descending into the deep” by directing his believing readers' thoughts to the ability of a person to “resurrect Jesus from the dead”.

When we think through these words of Paul, we see how he declares the limited ability of any person while implicated God as all-powerful. Not even “death” could hold Jesus in the grave because God is mightier than “death”. God has purposed for people to be in a relationship with Him through Jesus Christ His Son, and He sent Jesus to the earth to live as a sinless man, die for the sins of the world and to be raised from the grave three days later. This provided the pathway for “salvation” to every person who “receives” Jesus Christ as their personal “Savior and Lord”. No one but God is able to “descend into the deep” and to “raise the dead”, and God alone provided the way to “salvation” for mankind.

Next time we see Paul tell his readers how, “the word is near you, even in your mouth”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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