Theology Of Paul

THEOLOGY OF PAUL
M.M.NINAN
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Apart from life, death and burial, the ultimate redemptive act comes from the resurrection of Jesus. What
happened in that tomb of Jesus is what brought the final impact on the redemption story. The general Physical
Law which is binding and seen true in all known closed system is that everything will go from order to disorder.
There are no a priori reason for this. But is the law which is never seen to be violated unless directed by life and
spirit. According to this law the body of Jesus was expected to decay into elements. However something strange
happened in that tomb that at the end of three days the body was reformed and Jesus came back and appeared to
his disciples. Yes there was one difference which was the body of Jesus transformed from mortal to immortal.
Mortality has put on immortality for the first time in the fallen world. Jesus thus provided a way out of this
decaying world for all those who are willing to follow his Way. This indeed was the final purpose of incarnation.
John 11:25-26 I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. "And
whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.
This redemption do not end with the resurrection of man. The whole creation will be redeemed and brought back
to its original state where everything will go from glory unto glory.
Rom 8:19-23 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God; for the creation
was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of him who subjected it in hope; because
the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the
children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now; and not only
the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as
sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved.
“Cursed is the ground for thy sake” (Genesis 3:17).
First, the curse itself was on the creation
Romans 8:20; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of him who subjected it
in hope;
The blessing on man, by God the Father was the imposition of the law of decay on physical body and on all the
material cosmos by placing it under the law of decay and death which Physicist call the Second Law of
Thermodynamics, because he has opened his spirit to evil. There was a problem with the Spiritual dimension of
Man because of the disobedience of Man. Until that basic problem was solved, the curse on ground acted as an
optimization of suffering.
Second, the reversal of the curse through Christ,
Galatians 3:13; Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us--
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