What is the loophole that God gave?
God provided a loophole so large the whole world could walk through it if they would just believe it. It resolves the dilemma that the soul that sins must die spiritually and end in the lake of fire, and it is tied to being planted in the likeness of Christ’s death and resurrection.
Les explains that before salvation, the carnal mind is enmity against God and cannot be subject to His law. Even respected, good citizens were enemies of God. Scripture declares from day one that the soul that sins shall surely die spiritually and end in the lake of fire. But God gave a loophole, not a small one, so big the whole world could walk through if they would just believe it. In Romans 6:5, being planted together in the likeness of His death means we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection.