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Originally Posted by Thankful Jane
Here is where I was actually headed with my question: I wanted to know if you believe something was added to the Holy Spirit. In other words, was God lacking something that He needed to become something new that had not been before?
The Bible says God is perfect. That means He is lacking in nothing. Therefore, how we can accept WL’s teaching that something was added to God producing something new?
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Jane, in response to this better question, I think I have to say that I believe that, at least as far as our perspective within time goes, God surely has changed and is even constantly changing still. I see absolutely no problem with that based upon my awareness and experience of God's doings.
The Lamb was slain before the foundation of the world. Thus, the work of redemption was accomplished before Christ was crucified, according to the Bible. Similarly, the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit. A similar issue arises with regard to the Body, which is one of the reasons Galatians 4:26 is, to me, one of the most marvelous verses in the whole Bible. It's all just a further extension of the same marvelous revelation of our wonderful God's intervention into solving the problem our pitiful human condition, which was all about solving some difficulties of His own, particularly, desiring a counterpart and defeating His enemy. Of course, John has seen the City and the enemy cast into the Lake of Fire, as well.
The problem with all of this, especially from the perspective of a faithful Hebrew or a thoughtful Greek, would be just what you have identified: how can our eternally perfect and unchanging God become a man? How can this very God Himself personally accomplish the work of redemption? How can the last Adam become the life-giving Spirit? How can Christ have a Body? All of this is nonsense to their ears and yet, this is my faith and my experience and my testimony and my enjoyment.
And, really, y'all? I'm sorry if you have a problem with that, but I just don't.
I don't know that it's precisely true but the distinction may not be enough to matter anyway so I'll just put it this way for you and then you can do with it whatever you wish:
I believe whatever Witness Lee taught about 1 Cor. 15:45b.
There.
Happy?
