New Testament: Ransom in Mark and Luke.

In Mark 10:45 Jesus says, " For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Jesus used the metaphor of ransom because it would have had a very specific meaning for people living in the first century (Dr. David D'Andre). Nowadays, we explain this word in different way, but the core is maintained the same. Rephrasing Mark 20:45, it can be seen, that the …

…as a process of being born again. Analyzing for quite a long time the ideas, I've written before, I understood, that without the existence of God - I wouldn't exist; that He has got me in His mind all the time; and that He is my source of being. In a word, I am a unique, perfectly created human being, that is nothing, but "a thought in the mind of God."(Dr. David D' Andre)