Mystical Union with Christ, One died for all, therefore all died

Mystical Union with Christ, One died for all therefore all died.

In this post we will be looking at the mystical union one has as a believer in Christ, which transcends time and finite reality.

When asking the question "For whom did Christ die"? Another way of putting the question can be "who died with Christ"?. As I have said all along Jesus died on the cross for his elect people throughout the ages of this world.

I believe that 2 Corinthians 5; 14-15 also confirms this,

"For Christs love compels us because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again."

This is an interesting passage as Paul say that Christ died for all and therefore all died. What does Paul mean by this? Does he mean that because Jesus died he in fact died in place of everyone who has ever lived?
One way to answer this is to review the ways people die.

Physical death, did all die physically when Christ died? No

Spiritual death, did all die spiritually through the death of Christ? No

Eternal death, did all die eternally when Christ died? No Christ came to save us from eternal death.

The death Christ died was the death to sin, the death penalty. Christ died in the place of others, in their place so that they are dead to sin and death. This event happened at the cross, people died when Christ died. This is what is none as the mystical union with Christ. The truth is that the whole world could not have all died in Christ at the cross, as then every one would be saved as there would be no penalty for sin and no one would be in sin. Those for whom Christ died are those who were chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world to be conformed to the image of Christ, his elect people. It is these that Christ purchased with his life by tasting their death. We were crucified with Christ (Gal 2; 20).

This is why 2 Corinthians 5;19 say’ that "God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sin’s against them". Who was God reconciling? The text says those who are "In" Christ. Who are these people? The book of Ephesians is very clear on this, It is those who God chose to be "In" Christ from eternity according to his good pleasure and will. It is these that Christ died for because it is these who are been predestined to adoption. Their sins have gone and they will be saved. It is a particular group of people, God’s elect.

The amazing thing is that the elect have been in Christ form eternity past to eternity future in this mystical union, which transcends time. God chose us in Christ before the finite world even existed (Eph 1; 4-15). Are names were written in the book of life before the creation of the world (Rev 13;8)

The bible also says that Christ was slain before the world existed, so in away ‘we" were chosen, written in the book of life, and our sin was paid for and also we were purchased before time came to be ( Rev 5;9).

We were even in Christ when God was reconciling us in our fallen nature back to him. Events happen in time, but what God has decreed is already a finished deal.
Scripture describes the saints as predestined in Christ (Eph 1; 4-5), called in Christ (2 Tim 1;9), regenerated in Christ (Eph 2; 10), justified in Christ (Rom 8;1), sanctified in Christ (1 Cor 1; 4-5), and glorified in Christ (Rom 8;17). All these events happen to those who were "IN" Christ from eternity.