08-01-2008, 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by djohnson
PaulM KSA has sufficiently pointed out that what you refer to as "humanity" are really events on a historical narrative time line. These are not humanity.
I think you should ponder this matter deeply. I believe it is worthy of serious thought. Not only to understand theological issues but to understand ourselves.
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Thanks, djohnson...
Perhaps, the following excerpts from Brother Witness Lee's "The Christian Life" will clearly define the humanity of Jesus --
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IX. THE COMPOUND SPIRIT—THE SPIRIT OF GOD
COMPOUNDED WITH CHRIST'S DIVINITY, HUMANITY,
DEATH AND ITS SWEET EFFECTIVENESS,
AND RESURRECTION AND ITS FRAGRANT POWER
The Spirit of God has been compounded. This is typified by the compound ointment in Exodus 30:23-25. This ointment is a compound of olive oil with myrrh, cinnamon, calamus, and cassia. The olive oil signifies the Spirit of God with divinity, myrrh signifies Christ's death, cinnamon signifies the sweet effectiveness of Christ's death, calamus signifies Christ's resurrection, and cassia signifies the fragrant power of Christ's resurrection. The one hin of olive oil also signifies the unique God, and the four spices of the plant life signify man, the creature of God. This, of course, refers to the humanity of Jesus, or to the Man Jesus. Thus, the compound Spirit is the Spirit of God compounded with Christ's divinity, humanity, death and its sweet effectiveness, and resurrection and its fragrant power. The one hin of olive oil compounded with four kinds of spices becomes a compound ointment for anointing.
Myrrh was used in ancient times to reduce the suffering of death. Cassia was a repellent used to repel snakes and insects. The power of Christ's resurrection is a real repellent. When you live in His power of resurrection, the devil and all the demons will flee away. We can have this experience when we are enjoying the infilling and the outpouring of the Spirit of Christ. When we are filled with the Spirit of Christ, we have the resurrection.
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