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Originally Posted by aron
We have a dilemma, then: my Bible says God raised Jesus from the dead, and your Bible says God [the Word] became flesh and this God [incarnated Word as Last Adam] became the Life-Giving Spirit. And you then surmise that this Life-Giving Spirit “became” seven-fold intensified. The Bible doesn’t say “God became intensified”, and one strains to understand the “intensified” God (God wasn’t intense in Exodus?); nonetheless your logic train demands it. Okay. What to do?
I see three options, here.
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I see a fourth option. When Edison invented the lightbulb did he invent a single bulb, a dim bulb, an intense bulb, a lamp with seven bulbs, etc? Does this really have to be either/or? Wasn't a lamp with seven bulbs one of the original options?
If the church is a lamp set on a hill, why wouldn't seven churches in seven localities be a lamp stand with seven bulbs?
If we are the light of the world, then why wouldn't this light become more and more intense as the church grows?
Jesus grew in strength and grace, why wouldn't the church also grow in strength and grace?