CRUCIFIXION_RESURRECTION
Crucifixion is Past, Resurrection is Ongoing
The Crucifixion is a completed, past event, representing God's initial act of becoming Humanity. The Resurrection, however, is an ongoing process, taking…
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So, he cried out, knowing that he is already redeemed because he has had the experience of redemption, but the Crucifixion is the first act. It took place in the beginning. It doesn’t come at the end of the drama, as we are told in the story. We are told in Scripture, “We have been united with Him in a death like His; therefore we shall be united with Him in a resurrection like His.” In other words, see the change in tense. We have been united with Him in a Crucifixion like His; we shall be united with Him in a Resurrection like His. So, the Crucifixion is over. The Resurrection is taking place. So, he warns Timothy of those who teach that the resurrection is over and past, that they are misleading the people and turning the people from the true faith. He says, Anathema to them for the teaching of the resurrection as already finished. No, it is taking place in one after the other. But the Crucifixion is over, because that was the beginning of the drama, when God literally became Humanity – not just you individually, but Humanity. He is crucified on the Cross of Man, and individual man is redeemed. Because he was once crucified with The One, he is now redeemed in The One. One after the other, he is drawn back into “the one Body, the one spirit... the one lord... one God and Father of all.”
The Crucifixion is a completed, past event, representing God's initial act of becoming Humanity. The Resurrection, however, is an ongoing process, taking place individually in each person as they awaken to their divine identity and are drawn back into the 'one Body' of God. Teaching that the resurrection is already finished is a misdirection.