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covers the returned son. Although this satisfied the father the son might have said, "Father, I do not care as much about the robe as I care about my empty stomach. Father, I am hungry. You are satisfied, but I am not." This was why the father told the servants to prepare the fatted calf, process it, and put it on the table. The father said, "Let us all eat and be merry." Who is that fatted calf? The calf is Christ who was processed on the cross over nineteen hundred years ago. After He was processed on the cross, He became the life-giving Spirit in resurrection (1 Cor. 15:45).
Where is Christ today? Where did He go after He was processed through His death and resurrection? Undoubtedly, He went into the heavens. However, if He were only in the heavens, it would be impos sible for people to eat Him. The heavens are too far away. But Christ is not only in the heavens (8:34), but also in us (8:10), even in our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22). The dining table is our spirit. After being processed, Christ became the life-giving Spirit. The processed Christ is the Spirit (2 Cor. 3:17). He has come into our spirit as life and as the life supply for our enjoyment.
Although Christ is life, it is difficult for Christ to give you life. Who gives life? It is the Spirit that gives life (John 6:63; 2 Cor. 3:6). Christ is life, but it is the Spirit who gives us Christ as life. Without the Spirit Christ may be life, but Christ as life cannot be given to us. By being the Spirit Christ is imparted into us as life. Today, after being processed, the very Christ is the life-giving Spirit. Now in our spirit we may enjoy this wonderful Spirit. Never forget that