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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak
I'm not sure I follow the thought that "Christ became a life-giving spirit in His humanity." Could you expound on what you mean by this?
Peter
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My understanding of this thought is that the phrase "the last Adam" is a designation of Christ's human element as opposed to His innate divine nature. In other words, it is not only THAT the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit but that it was the last ADAM who became a life-giving Spirit.
And KSA's main point is well taken, I believe. If it is Christ as the last ADAM who became a life-giving Spirit, how does this indicate the confounding of the Persons of the Trinity that Lee's exegesis so commonly entails? (KSA says sloppy. I say loose. Not much difference.)
Ultimately, my response is that a difference in emphasis may become substantive at a certain point but unless we can dismiss Lee's teachings altogether with regard to the balance on the side of the Three, we should not make too much of his lack of balance on the side of the One. If the One side was correct, it is still correct even if it is incomplete.
And my intial testimony, I repeat: I have enjoyed and experienced the vivification of the Spirit of Christ enlivening my pitiful humanity and I expect that the eventual issue will be something to see one day, if not so much just yet. According to my understanding and experience, we receive the complete Triune God as the Spirit and in the Spirit and through the Spirit and all of the compound ointment elements are found therein as well. Whether one Person became another Person to accomplish this, I don't think so, but I'm not so much for the deep theology, either.
I don't have any problems with "processed and consummated" as I appreciate those terms but others may disagree. I don't know how Christ can be "the way, the truth and the life" to me without being in and with the divine Trinity realized as the Spirit, but I have no problem with addressing this issue on solid Biblical grounds. The teachings of God will not collapse under man's scrutiny, rest assured! And if Lee's teachings crumble with a little talk from the likes of us? Surely that could not be anything to concern us!
I figure it's not a bad thing to kindle a little wood, hay and stubble before the real tests by fire arrive!