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Originally Posted by Sabby
...BTW, there is a stream of belief that holds that John 3 is a synthetic parallelism. There is no denying that it is a valid viewpoint, since it is the ONLY NT scripture that mentions in (partial) context birth of "water' and "spirit". |
I have heard it taught that "water" in
1 John 5:6 refers to Jesus' birth and "blood" refers to His death.
6 This is he that came by water and blood (birth and death), even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
1 John was written to show that Jesus was both human and Deity. John shows that He is the Word/Logos in the very first few verses. John emphasizes the real flesh or humanness of Jesus and emphasizes His Deity. The passage shows that He came by water (was born as a human in real human flesh), and that He came by blood (died as a human in real flesh), and that the Spirit witnessed also to His humanity and deity by raising Him from the dead. A parallel passage would be
Romans 1:3-4 where it says "Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:"
He came by water i.e. He was born as a human
but not by water only but by water and blood because just His birth could not save --He had to die.
Then, the Spirit bore witness to His successful birth and death by raising Him from the dead.
Hybrid Mode
