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Originally Posted by 77150
In the NT I was under the impression that the word flesh always carried the idea of fallen or sinful.
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Not so. The Word became flesh. In fact, many of the references in the gospels are
not to fallen or sinful flesh. So any simplistic statement about flesh = sinful or fallen is false. Context is important.
Besides, do we presume then that God was designating that when man and woman marry that they become "one fallen" or one "sinful" being? That would be entirely outside of the realm of reasonable reading that that passage.
I am not saying I know what "flesh" means in each and every case. But it is clearly not just some singular thing like "fallen" or "sinful." That is one of Lee's most egregious errors. He too often declared a singular meaning to terms without any consideration for the true meaning in any particular case. Once the single meaning is declared, verses are rewritten and misunderstood.