To this end -- abundant grace and salvation plus everlasting life -- the Spirit of God raised Jesus from the dead. We die in a natural body but believers will be raised in a spiritual body. God is the Father of Spirits - the first man of the earth was earthy but the second Adam is a sweet Spirit - God Himself as a Son coming into this world to seek and to save that which is /was lost. Then Jesus, having accomplished His predestined mission, ascended into Heaven with a resurrected body, changed from the natural into a spiritual.
Indeed, when we search the scriptures, we learn that He was sown as a seed of the Holy Ghost. On the inside God and on the outside flesh covered in Mary’s sinful Adamic fallen flesh. His flesh became cursed at Calvary. He took on this fleshly role in order to bring us -- the now redeemed (but previously condemned sinners) -- to a lively hope. He took upon Himself the penalties of all our sin. He died the Just for the unjust. The Spirit of God which indwelt Jesus had previously said that if man were to destroy (kill) His body that in three days He would raise it up again.
In this case, the Spirit of God not only raised Him from the dead (not in the old natural body) but His body is now quickened. Still appearing in manly fashion yet now incapable of dying. Still, this new body was a tangible body, as we witness from His frequent appearances in various forms to His disciples. This was the case, as the scriptures describe for a period of forty days. At the end of this period, He ascended into heaven, blessing them, until a cloud hid Him from their sight. (Acts 1:1-4)
"Until the day in which He was taken up, after that He through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom He had chosen: to whom also He shewed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God ..." (Acts 1:2-3)
After His ascension (10 days after) the man Jesus was glorified. We, being His redeemed chosen people and the true Israel of God -- the non, people now called the children of God -- the people who were birthed by Jesus seed with He being the seed that fell into the ground and died. Well, we are the resulting offspring. And as a consequence of God's salvation, now we are collectively the body of the Christ. As such, we are made partakers of the same Spirit who promised us that He would abide with us and in us always, even to the end of the age.
This same holy Spirit (on the New Testament side -- the Comforter, the Holy Ghost) is now indwelling believers. It is not another or different Spirit but the very same Spirit of Jesus -- resurrected/glorified/quickened. His glorified brightness being much brighter than the noonday sun. His love for us equally bright.
Yes, God is One Spirit, and at the death of His own natural body the veil of the old temple was rent in twain. From heaven to earth. And for us, the veil torn so that we might have life in Him. Not them but Him. For God so loved the world that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
Whosoever believes in Him. Indeed, God has glorified His son Jesus. God has declared that Jesus who we crucified is both Lord and Christ. (Acts 2:36-47)
And to the Son, the Spirit of God declares, "Your throne O’ God is forever and forever. Let all the angels of God worship Him." Consequently, Jesus is the One written of in the book of Revelation (the unveiling) of Jesus the Christ. Where it is said, I AM
He that IS, and WAS, and is to come -- the ALMIGHTY!
Meditate upon these things this day, and be blessed by His abundant love for His beloved. Stand in the offering plate.
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