Section 7

When the Lord Jesus was bearing our sins and was made sin on the cross, He was considered by God to be the Lamb of God. "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29). In this verse the "world" refers to mankind, to the human race. The Lamb of God took away the sin of mankind. The problem of sin has been solved by His vicarious death for us.

ONE WITH GOD ESSENTIALLY,

BUT FORSAKEN BY GOD ECONOMICALLY

When the Lord Jesus, the God-man, died on the cross under God's judgment, He had God within Him essentially as His divine being. Nev ertheless, He was forsaken by the righteous and judging God economically. Christ was conceived and born of the Holy Spirit essentially. The Holy Spirit was one of the essences of His being. As the Lord Jesus grew up and lived on earth, He had the Holy Spirit within Him essentially. Later, when He was baptized, He had the Holy Spirit as an essential part of His being. However, when He was baptized, the Holy Spirit descended upon Him economically. This means that the Lord Jesus had the Holy Spirit as one of the essences of His being essentially, and also that the Holy

Spirit descended upon Him economically. This does not mean, of course, that there are two Holy Spirits. It means that the one Holy Spirit has two aspects—the essential and the economical. The essential aspect was for the being, the existence, of the Lord Jesus, and the economical aspect was for His work, His ministry.

Now we need to see that when the Lord Jesus was on the cross dying for our sins, God was in Him essentially. Therefore, the One who died for our sin was the God-man. But at a certain point the righteous God, while judging this God-man, left Him economically. God's forsaking of Christ was an economical matter related to the carry ing out of God's judgment.

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