Scripture Reading: 2 Sam. 7:12-14a; Rom. 1:3-4; 8:28-29; Gen. 3:15; Gal. 3:14, 16, 29; 4:4-6
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Romans 1:3-4 is the fulfillment of 2 Samuel 7:12-14a, revealing that the gospel of God is God building Himself into man in incarnation and building man into God in resurrection so that human seeds can become designated sons of God for the building of the church as the house of God and as the kingdom of God—Matt. 1:16-19; Rom. 8:2, 4, 6, 9-11, 28-29.
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Christ as the Triune God-man (Col. 2:9) is the threefold seed in humanity: the seed of the woman (Gen. 3:15; Isa. 7:14; Gal. 4:4), the seed of Abraham (Gen. 12:7; Matt. 1:1; Gal. 3:16), and the seed of David (Matt. 1:1; 22:42-45; Rom. 1:3; Rev. 22:16); in resurrection Christ, as the last Adam in the flesh, the threefold seed in humanity, became (was transfigured—pneu-matized—into) the life-giving Spirit, the Spirit of life, to dispense Himself into us (Rom. 8:2; 1 Cor. 15:45b).
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Christ as the seed of the woman refers to the incarnated Christ, the complete God becoming a perfect man through the dispensing of Himself into humanity, in order to destroy Satan and to save the believers in Christ from sin and death—Gen. 3:15; Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:16, 20-21, 23; Gal. 4:4; John 1:1, 14; Heb. 2:14; 1 Cor. 15:53-57:
A
"God sent forth His Son, born of a woman," for our judicial redemption; God "sent forth the Spirit of His Son," the transfiguration of His Son, to "sonize" us for our organic salvation—Gal. 4:4, 6; 3:13-14.
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The resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit is the transfigured descendant of the woman, dispensed into us to bruise the serpent's head in us and make us the corporate seed of the woman, the overcoming man-child, to carry out God's judgment on the ancient serpent and to be God's dispensational instrument to change the age and usher in the manifestation of God's kingdom—Rev. 12:5.
C
The Lord as the leading Overcomer (3:21) is the Head, center, reality, life, and nature of the man-child, and the man-child as the following overcomers is the Lord's Body:
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The way to become the man-child is for us to be daily strengthened into our inner man, to be empowered to experience the riches of Christ, and to be strong through putting on the all-inclusive Christ as the armor, taking the word by means of all prayer—Eph. 3:16; 6:10-20.
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The spontaneous life-power of Christ as the life-seed bruises the serpent's head in us as we employ the blood of the Lamb, speak forth the word of our testimony, and love not our soul-life even unto death—Rom. 8:2; Rev. 12:10-11.
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Christ as the seed of Abraham is for the blessing to all the families of the earth; the unique seed of Abraham as the last Adam became the life-giving Spirit—Gen. 12:2-3, 7; 17:7-8; Gal. 3:14, 16, 29; John 8:58; 14:17-20; 1 Cor. 15:45b; John 12:24; Isa. 53:10:
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The resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit is the transfigured descendant of Abraham, the seed of Abraham, dispensed into us to make us the sons of Abraham, the corporate seed of Abraham, those who can receive and inherit the consummated Spirit as the blessing of Abraham—Gal. 3:7, 14; 4:28:
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The physical aspect of the blessing that God promised to Abraham was the good land (Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 17:8), which is a type of the all-inclusive Christ as the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b; 2 Cor. 3:17).
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Christ as the life-giving Spirit is the blessing of Abraham (Gal. 3:14), the reality of both the seed of Abraham and the good land promised to Abraham; our blessing today is God Himself, who is embodied in Christ and realized as the Spirit to be dispensed into us for our enjoyment.
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We can continually receive Christ as the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit for His growth in us as the seed of Abraham and for our enjoyment of Him as the land promised to Abraham by the hearing of faith—vv. 2, 5; 2 Cor. 4:13:
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To receive the Spirit, we need to have an ear to hear what the Spirit says to the churches (Rev. 2:7; cf. Heb. 5:11-14); the measure of the Spirit that can be dispensed into our inward parts depends on the measure of our hearing (Mark 4:23-25; Matt. 13:14-16; 5:3, 8; Luke 10:38-42).
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We need to be one with Christ as the Slave-Savior by loving Him to the uttermost and taking Him as our absolute consecration, giving Him the way to open our ear to hear His divine instructions, His fresh messages, which dispense the divine Spirit into us for our service to Him by the Spirit of God—Exo. 21:1-6; Isa. 50:4-5; Phil. 3:3; John 6:63; 2 Cor. 3:6.
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Christ as the seed of David refers to the resurrected Christ, who carries out God's New Testament economy for the dispensing of the processed Triune God into the members of His Body—2 Sam. 7:12-14a; Matt. 22:42-45; Rom. 1:3; Rev. 22:16; Acts 2:30-32; Matt. 16:16-18:
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The resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit is the transfigured descendant of David, the seed of David, dispensed into us as God's sure mercies, His eternal covenant, for our enjoyment—Isa. 55:1-3, 6-11; Acts 13:33-35.
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The resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit is the transfigured descendant of David, the seed of David, dispensed into us for us to share His kingship in His resurrection in the eternal kingdom of God—2 Tim. 2:12; Rev. 20:4, 6.
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The resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit is the transfigured descendant of David, the seed of David, the seed of the kingdom, dispensed into us to make us the sons of the kingdom, reigning in life to live in the reality of the kingdom so that we may be translated by Him and return with Him in the mani-festation of the kingdom as the corporate smiting stone to annihilate the kingdoms of this world and become a great mountain, the kingdom of God, that fills the whole earth—Mark 4:26; Matt. 13:18-23, 38; Heb. 11:5-6; Gen. 5:21-24; Dan. 2:34-35.