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Learned a new word:
“You see, we live between resurrection Mark One (Jesus’ own resurrection) and resurrection Mark Two (when all God’s people will be raised); or if you like, between Pentecost and Parousia.”

…the Union of God and his people enfleshed, incarnated, in the mystery of the Lamb and the Bride; …heaven and earth; Judean and Gentile; the one body; God and his people;…no wonder marriage has been under attack in our increasingly pagan society…(marriage) remains a signpost to the new creation, which is characterized by differentiated unity.

🤯 🤯 re: 5:28-32 (Paul) quotes Gen 2:24 (man leaves parents becomes one flesh with woman) and reads it as referring to Messiah and Church. He interprets Gen 2 as a long range prophecy of God’s son leaving his original home and going to find his appointed bride. … looking on toward Rev 21 where coming together of heavens and earth is symbolized perfectly in marriage of Lamb and Bride.

“…for Paul, what ‘being filled with with spirit’ looks like (anticipating, we recall, God’s filling of all creation) is a life of music and thanksgiving, of delight that turns into song, and of a singing joy which leads naturally into mutual submission as we share in the powerful love of God.”

“The memory of Jesus, and his extraordinary and tender love for them, resonated powerfully with his first followers, and was reinforced by the continuing sense of his strong, loving presence with them in their worship and prayer.”

Great book. NT always make me think and look deeper into the context of the scripture.

I love how Wright phrases things. Speaking about 4:22 he says “…hardened hearts and darkened minds cover up their condition precisely by advertising themselves as clever, ‘modern’, ‘ahead of the curve’, whatever. This is what ‘deceit’ is all about. Twisted desires do not present themselves by whispering, ‘If you come this way you will go mouldy and fall apart.’”

Eph 4:11-13 “…unity doesn’t mean uniformity, but plurifomity doesn’t mean chaos. How easy it has been for leaders with different gifts and styles to develop ministries around themselves, after their likeness, pulling away from what’s going on elsewhere in God’s purposes and priding themselves on doing their own thing”