"The work of redemption could not have been performed except by a God-man, associating by incarnation the human nature with the divine by an indissoluble bond. For since to redeem us, two things were most especially required -- the acquisition of salvation and the application of the same; the endurance of death for satisfaction [of God's justice] and victory over [death] for the enjoyment of life...our mediator [had] to be God-man to accomplish these things: man to suffer; God to overcome; man to receive the punishments we deserved, God to endure and drink it to the dregs; man to acquire salvation for us by dying, God to apply it to us by overcoming.... God alone could not be subject to death, man alone could not conquer it. Man alone could die for men; God alone could vanquish death." Francis Turretin  Amen.