Section 2
certainly is joined to the Body. Just as in one's physical body the head and the body are one, so Christ, the Head, and the church, His Body, are joined and therefore are one. It would be absurd to think that one's head is not related to one's body. Likewise, it would also be a mistake to think that as the Head Christ is far away from the Body. However, some think that Christ is far away from us, the members of His Body. Accord ing to this concept, the Head is in the heavens, and the Body is on earth.
We need to realize that the connection be tween the Head and the Body does not involve the elements of space and time. With mate rial things there are these elements. But with di vine things there is neither the element of space nor the element of time. For Christ to be the Head of the church, His Body, is certainly not a material thing; this is altogether a divine mat ter. With this divine matter there is not the ele ment of space nor the element of time. Therefore, we need to see that in the divine life and in the divine Spirit, we, the believers, are one with Christ.
The Body is one with the Head in the divine life and in the divine Spirit. Regarding the Head and the Body, we should not consider space and