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Originally Posted by Thankful Jane
Hi Shawn,
How do you then explain Romans 8:11 which says that the Spirit that dwells in us is the one that raised Christ from the dead?
The truth is that we could not received the Holy Spirit until Christ completed the sacrifice for our sins. Nothing happened to the Holy Spirit to make it the life-giving Spirit. It clearly was already such a Spirit, able to give life.
Thankful Jane
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Alright, Thankful's on a considerable path here so I'll go ahead and make my observation.
Folks, "became" is not in the Greek text
at all, you know?
All the Greek says is "the last Adam, a life-giving Spirit."
It's not an unreasonable interpretation by any means to supply "became," but, neither is it absolutely required by the context. Supplying the word "is" would potentially preserve the author's intent just as well.
Thusly:
The first man, Adam, became a living soul;
but the last Adam
is a life-giving Spirit.
I'm not sure it moves the ball much on distinctions between Persons in the Trinity and such but it would kick a lot of the wind out of an exaggerated notion about the second "becoming."
Does this reading somewhat mesh with what your considerations are here?