Emanna for 01/06/2021
Becoming the All-Inclusive Spirit for Us to Apply (1)
Bible Verses
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. (3) All things came into being
through Him... (14) And the Word became flesh and tabernacled
among us...
1 Cor 15:45 ...the last Adam
[Christ]
became a life-giving
Spirit.
Words of Ministry
[Part 1 of 2]
In eternity past God existed alone. Then, in time, He created
all things. At a certain point in history, this creating God,
the Creator of all, became a man. This crucial step is called
incarnation. By means of incarnation, God put on man with all
of creation, for man is the head of creation. The Lord Jesus,
God incarnate, lived on earth for thirty-three and a half
years. When He was crucified, all creation was crucified with
Him. This means that not only did Christ go to the cross, but
the very man God had put on Himself with the entire creation
went to the cross with Him. Therefore, Christ's death on the
cross was an all-inclusive crucifixion. After His crucifixion,
Christ was buried in a tomb. The man and the creation which
were crucified with Christ were also buried in that tomb.
After three days, Christ arose from the dead in His
resurrection. Through resurrection and in resurrection He
became the life-giving Spirit. Furthermore, in His ascension
to the third heaven, He was crowned and became the Head and
the Lord over all. Then He descended upon His Body as the all-
inclusive Spirit.
Because God, after completing the work of creation, passed
through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection,
ascension, and descension, we may speak of Him as the
processed God. Through incarnation, crucifixion, and
resurrection, He has become the life-giving Spirit. After
ascending to the third heaven, where He was enthroned and
crowned, and where He was made the Head and Lord of all, He
descended upon the church, His Body. In His descension, He is
the all-inclusive Spirit. This all-inclusive Spirit has come
upon God's elect, who make up the church.
[continued monday]
Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from Witness Lee, Life- study of Colossians, pp. 219-220. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. (Repeat 3/18/2000) Please visit us at www.emanna.com Comments to: comment@emanna.com.