Volunteers, Anyone?

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So specifically in line 214 Milton brings up an interesting idea by presenting that God asked those within his heavenly realm, “Which of ye will be mortal to redeem Man’s mortal crime, and just th’ unjust to save, Dwells in all heaven charitie so dear?”
I’m assuming we all understand the context leading up until this point, so I find it especially interesting that God would ask a volunteer for what Jesus was destined to do for all of humanity: Become man for our sake, die for the sin of mankind and rise again, defeating death and triumphing over Satan. Throughout most of my personal life I’ve always felt as though Jesus was the only one with the opportunity to save man, because he is the only one qualified; or was/is he? 

I’m not saying that I believe this, but I find it extremely interesting that Milton would present this idea: that God would ask of all the heavenly beings who would be willing to do what Jesus did, and “all of heaven stood mute,” thereby proving that no one was worthy but our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I’m aware that this is an epic, not a theologically complete work, just another interesting point where the author decides to fill in the details and can get away with it because it is an epic poem.

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