Section 2
of Christ, being God the Spirit Himself (John 4:24), is of holiness, full of the nature and qual ity of being holy. Therefore, in the flesh Christ was designated or marked out through resurrec tion according to this holy and divine essence.
Through His resurrection, Christ became the firstborn Son of God, full of the essence of God's holiness, not only in His spirit, but also in His body. Before His death and resurrection the holiness of God was in Christ's spirit, but this holy essence had not been manifested in His flesh. In other words, it had not permeated His flesh. It was through death and resurrection that God's holy essence saturated the physical body of the Lord Jesus.
ALL THINGS WORKING FOR GOOD
Romans 8:29 says, "Because whom He fore knew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He should be the Firstborn among many brothers." The fact that verse 29 begins with the word "because" indicates that it is a continuation of verse 28, which says that God causes all things to work together for good. As we shall see, God causes all things to work together for our designation as sons of God.
We have seen that Christ was designated the Son of God according to the divine essence of