Section 7
He should have said, "I was." But He is the pres ent One, the I Am. Whether it is past, present, or future, He is always the present One.
THE SON AS REALITY
In 8:32 we are told that "the reality shall set you free." In 8:36 we are told that "the Son shall set you free." This proves that the Son, the Lord Himself, is the reality. The reality is not the so-called truth of doctrine; it is the reality of the truth which is the Lord Himself (14:6; 1:14, 17). Since the Lord is the embodiment of God (Col. 2:9), He is the reality of what God is. Hence, real ity is the very divine element of God realized by us. When the Lord as the great I Am comes into us as life, He shines within us as light, which brings the divine element as reality into us. This reality, which is the divine element imparted into us and realized by us, sets us free from the bond age of sin by the divine life as the light of man. The Son of God as the very fullness of the God head is the reality. While He shines in us as life, He works His reality, His divine element, into our being. This is not merely shining; it is a shin ing that brings the reality of what God is into our being.