Section 8
time, I began to speak boldly about the mingling of the divine life with our humanity. Some cau tioned me not to speak much about this, but rather to stay within the limits of identification and union. I said, "Brothers, I don't care for the human concept. I only care for the pure Word. How about Leviticus 2:5—the fine flour mingled with the oil? Do not come to me. You should go to Moses. He was the first one to use this word." Again and again we have spoken about the mingling. Now many people are picking up this thought.
Now we may return to John 9 and apply to it this concept of the mingling of divinity with humanity. The clay in 9:6, as in Romans 9:21, signifies humanity. Man is clay. We all are clay. What is the spittle? Spittle here, as something "that proceeds out through the mouth" (Matt. 4:4) of the Lord, signifies His "words which…are spirit and are life" (John 6:63). Figuratively speaking, the spittle is the Word, which is spirit and life, that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord. The Word that proceeds out of the mouth of Christ is spirit. Thus, to mingle spittle with the clay sig nifies the mingling of humanity with the Lord's living Word. The word "anointed" proves this, because the Lord's Spirit is the anointing Spirit