Section 6
taken on by the Lord Jesus belonged to the old creation.
During His years on earth, the Lord Jesus lived a human life. Was the Lord's human living part of the old creation or of the new creation? Although the Lord Jesus had a body of flesh and blood belonging to the old creation and al though He lived in the environment of the old creation, the life He lived did not belong to the old creation. On the contrary, the life lived by the Lord Jesus belonged wholly to the new cre ation. But how could He, a person with a body belonging to the old creation and dwelling in the environment of the old creation, live a life that belonged to the new creation? He could do this by continually dying to His old creation body and environment and living to God.
We should not think that the Lord Jesus died only when He was crucified. No, He began to die, to live a crucified life, as soon as He was born. The Lord surely lived a human life, but it was a crucified life. By living a crucified life He died to the old creation.
The Lord's living of a crucified life is illus trated by an incident which took place when He was twelve years of age. When His mother and father found Him after spending days looking