The All-Inclusive Christ vs. the All-Inclusive Life-Giving Spirit

 

The All-Inclusive Christ vs. the All-Inclusive Life-Giving Spirit

1 Cor 15:45 "...the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit."

Deut 8:7-9 "...a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey..." 

Aspect	The All-Inclusive Christ	The All-Inclusive Life-Giving Spirit
Meaning	Christ is the embodiment of the Triune God, containing all spiritual realities	The realization of Christ becoming the life-giving Spirit, enabling believers to experience and enjoy the riches of Christ
Types	1. Good land: the richness of Canaan 2. Wheat: Christ incarnated, crucified, and buried 3. Barley: the resurrected Christ, the firstfruits 4. Vine: offering Himself as a sacrifice, producing wine that cheers God and man 5. Fig tree: the sweetness and satisfaction of life supply 6. Pomegranate tree: the fullness and expression of the riches of life 7. Olive tree: the One filled and anointed with the Holy Spirit 8. Stone: material for building God's dwelling place 9. Iron: Christ's governing authority 10. Copper: Christ's judging power	1. Brooks, fountains, springs: the flowing Spirit 2. Valleys and hills: experiencing Christ as the flowing Spirit in various environments 3. Olive oil: the Holy Spirit, by whom we walk to honor God and supply to honor man 4. Milk and honey: the goodness and sweetness of Christ 5. Containing all the elements of Christ's processes: incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, and descension
Distinctions	1. Emphasizes the all-sufficient richness of Christ as a person 2. Represents God's supply and blessing to man 3. Is the inheritance and possession of believers 4. Focuses on objective reality and spiritual richness	1. Emphasizes the subjective experience and enjoyment of Christ by believers 2. Represents the operation and work of the Triune God within believers 3. Is the inner power for believers' living and action 4. Focuses on subjective experience and practical application
Application	1. To be possessed by believers as their inheritance 2. To be enjoyed by believers as the all-sufficient supply 3. To nourish believers as the bread of life 4. As building material for God's dwelling place 5. As the power for warfare and ruling to fight against the enemy	1. To experience Him as the flowing Spirit in various environments 2. To let Him live and work in us 3. To walk by Him to honor God 4. To appeal to Him when facing needs and inabilities 5. To let Him do what is needed in difficult environments
Relationship	1. Christ is the content, the Spirit is the container 2. Christ is the reality, the Spirit is the realization 3. Christ is the riches, the Spirit is the experience 4. "The Spirit is the ultimate consummation of the Triune God to dispense the riches of Christ into us"	1. Christ dwells in believers through the Spirit 2. The riches of Christ become the experience of believers through the Spirit 3. Believers enjoy the riches of Christ through the Spirit 4. "Christ is the embodiment of the Triune God, realized as the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit"
Related Scriptures	Col 1:15-19 "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation...He is the head of the body...For in Him all the fullness was pleased to dwell." Col 2:9-10 "For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and you are made full in Him." Eph 3:8 "To preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ." Col 3:11 "Where there cannot be Greek and Jew...but Christ is all and in all."	2 Cor 3:17 "And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." John 7:37-39 "...He who believes into Me...out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water. But this He said concerning the Spirit..." Rom 8:2 "For the law of the Spirit of life has freed me in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and of death." 2 Cor 13:14 "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all."

 

Conclusion:

l   Based on the Bible, the all-inclusive Christ is the embodiment of the Triune God, containing all spiritual realities, while the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit is the realization of Christ becoming Spirit, enabling believers to experience and enjoy the riches of Christ.

l   The riches of the good land of Canaan typify the unsearchable riches of Christ, which are experienced by believers through the life-giving Spirit as their enjoyment and inheritance. As mentioned, "Christ is the embodiment of the Triune God, realized as the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit, as the inheritance allotted to God's people, becoming their enjoyment."

l   The relationship between the two can be understood as: Christ is the content, the Spirit is the container; Christ is the reality, the Spirit is the realization; Christ is the riches, the Spirit is the experience. As believers, we experience and enjoy all the riches of Christ through the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit.

 

*Please refer to the July 2024 Anaheim, California, USA training Experiencing, Enjoying, and Manifesting Christ (II) Week 20 The Way to Accept, Experience, and Enjoy the All-inclusive Christ as the All-inclusive Life-giving Spirit (who is the epitome of the all-inclusive blessings of God’s full gospel)