Author: Emanuel Swedenborg
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781497989801
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1875 Edition.
Creation, Incarnation, Redemption and the Divine Trinity V8
Author: Emanuel Swedenborg
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781497989801
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1875 Edition.
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781497989801
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1875 Edition.
The divine sequence, a treatise on Creation and redemption, by F.M.
The Divine Sequence. A Treatise on Creation and Redemption
The Incarnation
Author: Byran Russell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
The nature of the Incarnation is of supreme importance in our understanding of God's purpose in the Provision of Redemption. The Redemption in the Old Economy of the Law was principled on the Innocent for the Guilty. The blood of the innocent animal was offered upon the altar before the Lord for the remission of the sin of the guilty. This principle was based on even a greater principle, The Atoning Blood of The Son of God, The Lamb slain before the foundation of the World. The Trinity foreknew that man would have failed the TEST of Obedience in the Garden of Eden before Adam and Eve were created. However, God's foreknowledge did not prevent the creation of man. It was in Eternity The Son offered to die on man's behalf to redeem him. So on looking on the blood of the innocent animal, The Father saw the blood of His Son and thus forgave the guilty under the Law. The external consideration of the Fall did not influence God's purpose in the creation of man, neither did the Fall of Lucifer and his angels. God's purpose in creation is eternal, and external factors will never change it.Of necessity, it must be emphasized that the innocent animal, under the Law, was far inferior to the guilty sinner for whom it was offered. The Eternal Lamb was far superior to guilty man, being the Son of God, holy and separate from sin. A student of Theology may want to ask the question, Why would God go ahead and create man, knowing that he would FALL? To this , we may reply that God's eternal purpose in man's creation was far greater than man's failure in the Garden of Eden. Simply on the basis of Divine Economy, it makes eternal sense. God created a pair of people, but today there are more than 7,000,000,000 people who are the descendants of Adam and eve.The Incarnation is one of the greatest mysteries and because of its eternal purpose, the angels desire to look into it. It will be talked about throughout eternity by the saints and angels. But fundamental to and prior to the Incarnation was a great mystery. Sometime before The Son assumed human nature, He merged with the Father and became One with Him; yet maintained His personal Distinction. These Distinctions which some Theologians call Emanations, the sharing of The Father's Divine nature with The Son and The Holy Spirit, are immutable and cannot be reversed. The Theology of Immutability is not only applicable to the merging of the Son with The Father before the miraculous conception of the Virgin Mary, but it also applies to other Divine acts. Once a human being is born into the World, he will continue to exist in some form for eternity.For the sake of continuing of this line of thought, The Son was actually transported from Heaven to Earth by this miraculous act of The Holy Spirit. His earthly life then began and became subject to the biological laws of nature. Since Divinity cannot be created, neither can it be changed, The Son could see Himself when being conceived in Mary's womb. However the Babe in Mary's womb would have no human consciousness, because to be true human, one does not self-consciousness in the womb, but later after birth. Now that the great mystery of the Miraculous Conception is better explained, we are ready to consider more fully the human nature of Jesus Christ, man's Redeemer.Without the human nature of Christ, the Provision of Redemption would not be possible. Christ needed a human body to offer the Vicarious Sacrifice of himself unto The Father on man's behalf. Angels are immortal beings and could not die on behalf of mankind. In His Pre-Incarnate form, Christ could not have died. Redemption requires a blood sacrifice, The Innocent for The Guilty. Death by sin had reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned. None of Adam's descendants could die for man's Redemption. The Atoning Sacrifice had to be sinless. By the Virgin Birth or the Miraculous Conception of Mary, a sinless and holy human body was provided for The Son of God.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
The nature of the Incarnation is of supreme importance in our understanding of God's purpose in the Provision of Redemption. The Redemption in the Old Economy of the Law was principled on the Innocent for the Guilty. The blood of the innocent animal was offered upon the altar before the Lord for the remission of the sin of the guilty. This principle was based on even a greater principle, The Atoning Blood of The Son of God, The Lamb slain before the foundation of the World. The Trinity foreknew that man would have failed the TEST of Obedience in the Garden of Eden before Adam and Eve were created. However, God's foreknowledge did not prevent the creation of man. It was in Eternity The Son offered to die on man's behalf to redeem him. So on looking on the blood of the innocent animal, The Father saw the blood of His Son and thus forgave the guilty under the Law. The external consideration of the Fall did not influence God's purpose in the creation of man, neither did the Fall of Lucifer and his angels. God's purpose in creation is eternal, and external factors will never change it.Of necessity, it must be emphasized that the innocent animal, under the Law, was far inferior to the guilty sinner for whom it was offered. The Eternal Lamb was far superior to guilty man, being the Son of God, holy and separate from sin. A student of Theology may want to ask the question, Why would God go ahead and create man, knowing that he would FALL? To this , we may reply that God's eternal purpose in man's creation was far greater than man's failure in the Garden of Eden. Simply on the basis of Divine Economy, it makes eternal sense. God created a pair of people, but today there are more than 7,000,000,000 people who are the descendants of Adam and eve.The Incarnation is one of the greatest mysteries and because of its eternal purpose, the angels desire to look into it. It will be talked about throughout eternity by the saints and angels. But fundamental to and prior to the Incarnation was a great mystery. Sometime before The Son assumed human nature, He merged with the Father and became One with Him; yet maintained His personal Distinction. These Distinctions which some Theologians call Emanations, the sharing of The Father's Divine nature with The Son and The Holy Spirit, are immutable and cannot be reversed. The Theology of Immutability is not only applicable to the merging of the Son with The Father before the miraculous conception of the Virgin Mary, but it also applies to other Divine acts. Once a human being is born into the World, he will continue to exist in some form for eternity.For the sake of continuing of this line of thought, The Son was actually transported from Heaven to Earth by this miraculous act of The Holy Spirit. His earthly life then began and became subject to the biological laws of nature. Since Divinity cannot be created, neither can it be changed, The Son could see Himself when being conceived in Mary's womb. However the Babe in Mary's womb would have no human consciousness, because to be true human, one does not self-consciousness in the womb, but later after birth. Now that the great mystery of the Miraculous Conception is better explained, we are ready to consider more fully the human nature of Jesus Christ, man's Redeemer.Without the human nature of Christ, the Provision of Redemption would not be possible. Christ needed a human body to offer the Vicarious Sacrifice of himself unto The Father on man's behalf. Angels are immortal beings and could not die on behalf of mankind. In His Pre-Incarnate form, Christ could not have died. Redemption requires a blood sacrifice, The Innocent for The Guilty. Death by sin had reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned. None of Adam's descendants could die for man's Redemption. The Atoning Sacrifice had to be sinless. By the Virgin Birth or the Miraculous Conception of Mary, a sinless and holy human body was provided for The Son of God.
God Becoming Human
Author: Reinhard Feldmeier
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781481313872
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
The incarnation--the act of God assuming mortal flesh through Jesus Christ--reveals God's radical love for a world marked by the rebellion of the created against their creator. God becomes human to create life and restore the disrupted divine-human relationship. This doctrine is thus the theme of the Christian faith par excellence. However, the incarnation does not begin with its ultimate realization in Jesus Christ; that single event is preceded by a long history of a God who continually reunites with his people to lead them from death to life, from bondage to freedom. God Becoming Human pursues the astonishing arc of the incarnation, chronicling the varying ways Scripture recounts the divide between God and the creatures of his likeness as well as the diverse expressions the text gives regarding the desire for reconciliation. As the expectations of an existing intermediary that can somehow bridge this gap between God and humans dwindle throughout the Old Testament, hope is increasingly placed on new forms of closeness to God. The closeness made possible by Jesus Christ receives a wide range of interpretations by New Testament witnesses and is continued by a rich chorus that culminates in the early church with the theology of the incarnation. Reinhard Feldmeier and Hermann Spieckermann invite readers to see that the doctrine of the incarnation, the pinnacle of the scriptural saga of redemption, reveals that God's ultimate purpose in dealing with creation was to become human. As narrated in the story of the fall, if paradise was lost because humanity wanted to emulate God, the one reconciled with God through Christ is now given the opportunity--and challenge--to become a child of God. In accordance with the One who descended from the heavenly throne, one must precisely lower oneself and thus fully embrace one's created humanness. It is through the flesh that the created and their creator are joined; there is no other path to unity.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781481313872
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
The incarnation--the act of God assuming mortal flesh through Jesus Christ--reveals God's radical love for a world marked by the rebellion of the created against their creator. God becomes human to create life and restore the disrupted divine-human relationship. This doctrine is thus the theme of the Christian faith par excellence. However, the incarnation does not begin with its ultimate realization in Jesus Christ; that single event is preceded by a long history of a God who continually reunites with his people to lead them from death to life, from bondage to freedom. God Becoming Human pursues the astonishing arc of the incarnation, chronicling the varying ways Scripture recounts the divide between God and the creatures of his likeness as well as the diverse expressions the text gives regarding the desire for reconciliation. As the expectations of an existing intermediary that can somehow bridge this gap between God and humans dwindle throughout the Old Testament, hope is increasingly placed on new forms of closeness to God. The closeness made possible by Jesus Christ receives a wide range of interpretations by New Testament witnesses and is continued by a rich chorus that culminates in the early church with the theology of the incarnation. Reinhard Feldmeier and Hermann Spieckermann invite readers to see that the doctrine of the incarnation, the pinnacle of the scriptural saga of redemption, reveals that God's ultimate purpose in dealing with creation was to become human. As narrated in the story of the fall, if paradise was lost because humanity wanted to emulate God, the one reconciled with God through Christ is now given the opportunity--and challenge--to become a child of God. In accordance with the One who descended from the heavenly throne, one must precisely lower oneself and thus fully embrace one's created humanness. It is through the flesh that the created and their creator are joined; there is no other path to unity.
Reconciliation by Incarnation
Author: David Worthington Simon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atonement
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The central theme of this book is the reconciliation of God and man, that is, of God with man as well as of man with God. In subordination to the main theme, I have very briefly sketched, first, the cosmology which in my judgment lies behind the Scriptures and the faith of the Christian church; and second, some features of the incarnation of the Divine Word by means of which the foundation of the reconciliation of God and man was laid. - Preface.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atonement
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The central theme of this book is the reconciliation of God and man, that is, of God with man as well as of man with God. In subordination to the main theme, I have very briefly sketched, first, the cosmology which in my judgment lies behind the Scriptures and the faith of the Christian church; and second, some features of the incarnation of the Divine Word by means of which the foundation of the reconciliation of God and man was laid. - Preface.
Covenant of Redemption in the Trinitarian Theology of Jonathan Edwards
Author: Reita Yazawa
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532643780
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Recently, the immanent Trinity (God as in himself) has been criticized as abstract and impractical as opposed to the economic Trinity (God in relation to the world). Many scholars argue that the immanent Trinity is detached from the real life of believers and God’s economic work of redemption and thus abstract and impractical. But is this assumption itself really true? What if the blueprint of God’s work of redemption is already located in the immanent Trinity as the divine idea? What if Jonathan Edwards, arguably the American greatest theologian, expounds this doctrine as a vital driving force in his theology? Rediscovering the doctrine of the covenant of redemption will help us to see that the immanent Trinity actually is not abstract, but highly practical, simply because the redemption of the believers hinges on the divine plan located there. This study is a fruit of the recent convergence of the resurging doctrine of the Trinity and the renaissance of studies of Jonathan Edwards.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532643780
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Recently, the immanent Trinity (God as in himself) has been criticized as abstract and impractical as opposed to the economic Trinity (God in relation to the world). Many scholars argue that the immanent Trinity is detached from the real life of believers and God’s economic work of redemption and thus abstract and impractical. But is this assumption itself really true? What if the blueprint of God’s work of redemption is already located in the immanent Trinity as the divine idea? What if Jonathan Edwards, arguably the American greatest theologian, expounds this doctrine as a vital driving force in his theology? Rediscovering the doctrine of the covenant of redemption will help us to see that the immanent Trinity actually is not abstract, but highly practical, simply because the redemption of the believers hinges on the divine plan located there. This study is a fruit of the recent convergence of the resurging doctrine of the Trinity and the renaissance of studies of Jonathan Edwards.
The Creation-mediatorship of Jesus Christ
Author: Chul Won Suh
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789062036240
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789062036240
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Observations Concerning the Scripture Oeconomy of the Trinity and Covenant of Redemption
Author: Jonathan Edwards
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Redemption
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Redemption
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity
Author: Witness Lee
Publisher: Living Stream Ministry
ISBN: 087083519X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
"Dispensing means to distribute. God dispenses Himself to you just as you may dispense food to your guests. Many readers of the Bible have realized that in the Gospel of John the Father is revealed, the Son is revealed, and the Spirit is revealed. But not many have realized that in the Gospel of John the Triune God the Father, the Son, and the Spirit is revealed for the dispensing of Himself into us first as life, then as life supply, and then as everything."
Publisher: Living Stream Ministry
ISBN: 087083519X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
"Dispensing means to distribute. God dispenses Himself to you just as you may dispense food to your guests. Many readers of the Bible have realized that in the Gospel of John the Father is revealed, the Son is revealed, and the Spirit is revealed. But not many have realized that in the Gospel of John the Triune God the Father, the Son, and the Spirit is revealed for the dispensing of Himself into us first as life, then as life supply, and then as everything."