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Originally Posted by Roger
Speaker,
If Satan was trapped in man so that he could be destroyed in the flesh, then wouldn't he have to have been indwelling the flesh of our Lord Jesus? Perish the thought.
Roger
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Roger,
Yes, perish that thought. But the situation with the Lord's flesh is not so simple. Consider that-- "He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. (2 Cor. 5:21) What's up with that? Would you perish that thought, that He became sin?
And of course Isaiah 53:6, "...but the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him."
Then there's the interesting little story about Isaac on the altar. A transfer takes place. Surely this is a picture of deep spiritual stuff that was going on on the cross.
Sin is different than Satan, a rejoinder I know you will make which I will agree with. But it's still pretty awesome a thought to think that the Son of God became SIN.
So maybe in some very strange way in His becoming sin, he also took on some of Satan's nature at that point. Maybe he was, like Isaac up to the point of the transfer, the pure, innocent son. And then, in the transfer, the pure Son was pulled out leaving the shell of flesh which was full of sin and even the Satanic nature.
I don't know. I just know it's pretty interesting stuff to think about.
SC