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Joe,

Not to sound like a broken record, but those 33 years of living a perfectly holy life were no less necessary to atone for the sins of the elect than was His death. BOTH were vicarious, i.e., substitutionary. Christ's death alone could not fully atone for what was needed by those for whom He came to save. So again, the atonement was to counter the curse of Original Sin; BOTH the imputed guilt AND the inherited corruption with its consequences. Salvation effects the whole man, both internally and externally. (cf. Jh 17:23; Heb 9:5; 12:23; Gal 3:13; 4:5; Rom 3:25; et al)

In His grace,