I Romerne 8:11, Paulus skrev, men hvis hans Ånd som oppreiste Jesus fra de døde, bor i dere, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwells in you. Hva mente Paulus med det? Hva betyr levendegjøring av ditt dødelige legeme ved hans Ånd?
Because of Adam’s deed of disobedience, man became a mortal body
When Adam, Guds sønn, became disobedient to God and sinned, death entered and the spirit in man died. The life of God left man and man came under the authority of death and became a mortal body.
But Jesus Christ, Guds Sønn, kom til jorden, to redeem mankind from the power of sin and death and to restore the state of fallen man and the peace between God and fallen man (Les også: Jesus gjenopprettet det falne menneskets stilling og Freden, Jesus gjenopprettet mellom det falne menneske og Gud).
Jesus became the Substitute for fallen man and carried the sins and the death penalty for sin and entered Hades, where Jesus conquered death. Fordi etter tre dager, Jesus Christ rose from the dead as Victor with the keys of hell and death.
Gjennom Jesus’ redemptive work and His blood, Jesus restored the state of fallen man and made everyone, who would believe in Him and be born again in Him, hel.
The mortal body quickened by His Spirit during life on earth
Og du har han raskere, som var døde i overtredelser og synder; Hvor i tid forbi gikk dere etter denne verdenens forløp, I følge prinsen av luftenes kraft, Ånden som nå fungerer hos ulydighetens barn: Blant dem også vi alle hadde samtalen vår tidligere i kjødets lyster, oppfylle kjødets ønsker og sinnet; og var av naturens vrede barn, Selv som andre. Men Gud, som er rik på barmhjertighet, for sin store kjærlighet som han elsket oss med, Selv da vi var døde i synder, har levendegjort oss sammen med Kristus, (av nåde dere blir frelst;) og har reist oss opp sammen, og fikk oss til å sitte sammen i himmelen i Kristus Jesus: At han i tidene kommer, kan han vise de overskridende rikdommen av sin nåde i sin godhet mot oss gjennom Kristus Jesus(Efeserne 2:1-7)
Jesus Christ gave back that life, which was taken from man through Adam’s disobedience, when the Holy Spirit came and the spirit of man was raised from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit and the mortal body became a living body.
The mortal body became a living body through faith and regeneration in Jesus Christ and belonged to the Living Body of the Kingdom of Heaven; kirken, whereof Jesus Christ is the Head and is seated in the heavenly places in Him far above every principality, makt, Kan, dominion and every name that is named.
The born again man was translated from the kingdom of darkness; the domain of death to the Kingdom of God; the domain of life and was no longer a living soul but a living spirit (Kolosserne 1:13-14).
The spiritual man (den nye mannen) would not live under the dominion of death and be led by the flesh and death, which reigns in the sinful nature of the flesh and do the works of the flesh.
But because the mortal body was quickened from the dead by the Holy Spirit and became alive to God, the spiritual man would possess the life of God and live under the authority of God and do the works of the Spirit.
The mortal body vs the quickened body
For likesom Faderen reiser opp de døde, og gjør dem levende; slik gjør Sønnen levende hvem han vil (John 5:21)
The mortal body (den gamle mannen) is born from the dust of the earth from the seed of man and belongs to the earth and the ruler of the earth and the air and after life on earth, the mortal body shall return to the earth – dødens rike (helvete, Hades), which is under the earth
The quickened body, who is made alive in Jesus Christ (den nye mannen) is born from heaven from the Seed of God and belongs to the Kingdom of Heaven and after life on earth, the quickened body will return to Heaven, which is above the earth
Så lenge en person forblir den gamle mannen, the person shall belong to the ruler of the world and shall walk after the flesh like the world and live separated from God as an enemy of God. Because of that the person lives under the judgment of God and feels condemned in the soul.
The new man is reconciled with God through the atonement of Jesus Christ and His blood and regeneration in Him; kjødets død og åndens oppstandelse fra de døde.
The enmity between man and God has been removed in Christ. The new man doesn’t live separated from God like the world as an enemy of God, but lives in communion with God in obedience to His will. The new man is born of God and belongs to God and has His nature and does what pleases Him.
The mortal body quickened by His Spirit after life on earth
Men hvis ånden til ham som reiste opp Jesus fra de døde bor i deg, Den som reiste opp Kristus fra de døde, skal også gjøre dine dødelige kropper raskere av hans Ånd som bor i deg (romerne 8:11)
When the mortal body is quickened in Christ by the Holy Spirit during life on earth, then after life on earth, after physical death, the mortal body shall be quickened by His Spirit.
Because after life on earth, every person returns to the One or the one, (s)he belongs to and served; livet (Jesus Kristus) or the death (Djevelen).
If you are born again in Christ and your spirit is raised from the dead and your mortal body has been quickened and become a living body in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit during your life on earth, så Den Hellige Ånd, who dwells in you, shall quicken your mortal body when you die. Du skal ikke se døden, but you shall inherit eternal life.
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