"And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."
God's covenant is with Man. Our Association with him is in the manner the Law distinguishes between God the Father and Son. He blessed His creation in him. As a living soul God placed His creation in the hands of Adam. God blesses them, "And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth."(Ge.1:22). Here also the original covenant is followed. The body of man in the image of God is also "after our likeness". Adam is the double for the Son, whose body formed of the ground rendered their bodies share a common destiny. What is it? How does man replenish the earth? As in the case of the fruit tree,"whose seed was in itself, after his kind," he renewed the earth with the seed of the loins. God uses the seed in the same sense as here when he warns of the enmity "and between thy seed and her seed;"(Ge.3:15) The same gift of propagation after his kind belonged to them."
God blessed man and woman. "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. The body has been prepared for his Son so when Word became flesh,"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same."(He.2:14)
"Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me."(He.10:5). The vile body for the firstfruits have a specific significance. Redemption of their body is glorious as well as spiritual. "And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly."(1 Co.15:49) The Lamb slain is an emblem. The glory of the throne of God and of the Lamb denotes unity of the Spirit. Signs and wonders He.2:13
"And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."
God's covenant is with Man. Our Association with him is in the manner the Law distinguishes between God the Father and Son. He blessed His creation in him. As a living soul God placed His creation in the hands of Adam. God blesses them, "And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth."(Ge.1:22). Here also the original covenant is followed. The body of man in the image of God is also "after our likeness". Adam is the double for the Son, whose body formed of the ground rendered their bodies share a common destiny. What is it? How does man replenish the earth? As in the case of the fruit tree,"whose seed was in itself, after his kind," he renewed the earth with the seed of the loins. God uses the seed in the same sense as here when he warns of the enmity "and between thy seed and her seed;"(Ge.3:15) The same gift of propagation after his kind belonged to them."
God blessed man and woman. "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. The body has been prepared for his Son so when Word became flesh,"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same."(He.2:14)
"Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me."(He.10:5). The vile body for the firstfruits have a specific significance. Redemption of their body is glorious as well as spiritual. "And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly."(1 Co.15:49) The Lamb slain is an emblem. The glory of the throne of God and of the Lamb denotes unity of the Spirit. Signs and wonders He.2:13
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