The theory went on to say that this is precisely what happened, but God hoodwinked the devil by raising Jesus up after only three days. Christ was simply the bait on a clever divine fishhook that was snatched away at the opportune moment. This is the one with which most of us best identify as far as our early training goes. This theory says that what Jesus did was to live a life of perfect obedience to God's law and needed no penalty payment for himself. Thus, he and he alone was able to pay the penalty on our behalf to satisfy the demands of a righteous heavenly judge.
Justice is served.
But, of course, there is a basic flaw in the argument. Simply because an injured party has restitution paid on behalf of the one who caused the injury in the first place in no way restores the original relationship. There is no reconciliation there, not in any meaningful sense. This is similar to the one we just discussed. According to this theory, God took the second option.