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Originally Posted by Esaias
Vincent's Word Studies
God
Emphatic. It was God, as in 2 Corinthians 5:18.
Was - reconciling (ἦν καταλλάσσων)
These words are to be construed together; the participle with the finite verb marking the process of reconciliation. The emphasis is on the fact that God was reconciling, not on the fact that God was in Christ. God was all through and behind the process of reconciliation. The primary reference of the statement is, no doubt, to God's reconciling manifestation in the incarnation and death of Christ; yet, as a fact, it includes much more. God was engaged in reconciling the world from the very beginning, and that in Christ. See on John 1:4, John 1:5, John 1:9, John 1:10. |
Elder Esaias,
Thank you for your response. While I appreciate the didactic enlightenment put forward, you're preaching to the choir here. I have long believed that God was engaged in reconciling the world from the very beginning. Hence the statement "That Rock was Christ". In fact, if you read my post, its all about that reconciliation. That being said, you never did answer whether or not you think Paul's statement "God was in Christ" means that God was in Christ.