"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."
Glory of God is the expression of Power and Wisdom in their levelling off both facets of holiness so the three entities are not separate but intrinsic quality of God. Wisdom of God renders the Word becoming flesh, for which the slain Lamb is an emblem. The same Lamb when we consider in terms of the Power principle is the Lamb of God, having the power in himself to take away the sin of the world. In his humanity it is what the Power of God has willed. So the Word or the Law of the Spirit remains sacrosanct. Jesus suffered outside the camp, which is his humanity." Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate." (He.13:12) Death could not hold him because the Power of God raised him to life so that the scripture might be fulfilled. That is a sign. What is our glory being adopted in his Son? It is under the umbrella of the throne of the Lamb. This body of the Lamb is expressed in terms of the glory of the light of the Lamb. In short the same suffering such as Jesus suffered in his body is our portion as well. "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."(8:7)
Suffering in the flesh can also occur in the world being unequally yoked with godless people.. Jezebel coveted the neighbour's vineyard. King Ahab was not a slumlord but a genuine buyer who wanted to make his property grander. Neboth would not sell. So he is despondent. His happiness is in some one elses hand. The devil has got his hook on him, Jezebel asks, "But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?" Flesh suffers because of law of sin, the spirit wants it all. So the law of sin makes the damned all the more wretched. (1 Ki.21)
"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."
Glory of God is the expression of Power and Wisdom in their levelling off both facets of holiness so the three entities are not separate but intrinsic quality of God. Wisdom of God renders the Word becoming flesh, for which the slain Lamb is an emblem. The same Lamb when we consider in terms of the Power principle is the Lamb of God, having the power in himself to take away the sin of the world. In his humanity it is what the Power of God has willed. So the Word or the Law of the Spirit remains sacrosanct. Jesus suffered outside the camp, which is his humanity." Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate." (He.13:12) Death could not hold him because the Power of God raised him to life so that the scripture might be fulfilled. That is a sign. What is our glory being adopted in his Son? It is under the umbrella of the throne of the Lamb. This body of the Lamb is expressed in terms of the glory of the light of the Lamb. In short the same suffering such as Jesus suffered in his body is our portion as well. "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."(8:7)
Suffering in the flesh can also occur in the world being unequally yoked with godless people.. Jezebel coveted the neighbour's vineyard. King Ahab was not a slumlord but a genuine buyer who wanted to make his property grander. Neboth would not sell. So he is despondent. His happiness is in some one elses hand. The devil has got his hook on him, Jezebel asks, "But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?" Flesh suffers because of law of sin, the spirit wants it all. So the law of sin makes the damned all the more wretched. (1 Ki.21)
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