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Originally Posted by Trapped
Sons to Glory,
I think it would be really great if you responded accordingly as you said you intended to a few posts ago, and didn't peace out without facing the discussion. I honestly think this story in Genesis is a critical one to get right, especially for anyone who has had any instruction by Witness Lee about it. I know there have been a few potshots in your direction, but understanding the word divided rightly here is the most important thing.
Your response about "much more being saved by His life" really doesn't have much to do with the discussion of the TOTKOGAE, as far as I can tell. Kind of a non sequitur.
Did you cancel your planned fellowship with another person about it? Or did you have fellowship, and if so, how did it go?
Trapped
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I did have some initial fellowship with a brother, whose immersion in the word I greatly respect. I told him what we were looking at on here and then came back to him this weekend about it. At that time he said, "Honestly, I don't have much appetite for this sort of thing." When I heard that it caught me off guard a bit, but I must admit that I came to believe this was a word from the Lord and my appetite for it is mostly gone now too. Sorry, but it's just not in me to pursue further. I think part of this has to do with a rich word that a brother shared this Sunday here, about the amazing riches of the fullness of Christ in Colossians chapter one. I guess after having a taste of that, that is what my appetite is toward right now.
However, I think I owe you one last comment, so I will share what came to me this morning. I realized that I probably short-changed the "much more . . . saved in His life" aspect I mentioned in my last post. What came to me, and I hope this helps, is that there is a comparison of the two Adams. There are two main aspects of the final Adam (Christ) - His justification work and His life-giving. To fully return us to God's purpose both are needed - the cleaning and then filling of the vessel. And this is to correct what happened with the first Adam. He disobeyed, and through that act something got into his vessel. So there's a two part problem with the first; and a two part solution with the last. Hope that helps.