Originally Posted by
Jonathan david
I am intrigued by the THIS DAY part, that something did change concerning Jesus at the resurrection. (For the record, we can always maintain that he was still always equal to God). But that doesn't rule out other biblically "allowable" differences in a post-resurrection Jesus.
There was an "elevation" a change (whether in role or functionality or state):
Acts 2:32 God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. 33 Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
I just think there is more to the story here than the traditional explanations I hear.
For example Jesus had limitations while on earth (e.g., Did not know everything). I don't believe that would be the case now.
Thought of this...
Ephesians 1:19-22
(19) ...And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power,
(20) Which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places,
(21) Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
(22) And hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church,
I have heard it put this way,,,
"The Resurrection of Jesus from the dead was actually the the mightiest working recorded in the Word of God.
Greatest Working Of God
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Excerpt from...
The Authority of the Believer by John A. MacMillen (1932)
...Let us now point out the meaning and the depth of this truth. When the Lord Jesus, the Captain (Archegon, Prince- Leader) of our salvation, was raised from the dead, the act of resurrection was accomplished through "the exceeding greatness of His [God's] power [dunameos], to us ward who believe, according to that working [energeian] of the strength [kratous] of His might [ischuos]."
In this working there was such a putting forth of the divine omnipotence that the Holy Spirit, through the apostle, requires four words of special significance to bring out the thought.
We shall not enter into the expressive meaning and grouping of these words further than to say that their combination signifies that behind the fact of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus there lay the mightiest working recorded in the Word of God.
Having been thus raised from among the dead, Christ Jesus was exalted by God to His own right hand in the heavenlies. Then was seen the reason of such mighty working. The resurrection had been opposed by the tremendous "powers of the air": - "all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world [aioni, age] but also in that which is to come."
The evil forces of the "age to come" had been arrayed against the purpose of God. They had, however, been baffled and overthrown, and the risen Lord had been enthroned "far above" them, ruling with the authority of the Most High...