I love your linkage of Christ's appearance to the disciples with creation and breathing into Adam. I suspect that when John says, "on the evening of that day, the first day of the week" he intends it to bring us into the creation story, "evening and morning were the first day". By Biblical reckoning that would be the evening of Saturday stretching into Sunday daytime.
What was the significance of Jesus breathing on the disciples and saying, "receive the Holy Spirit", then telling them to wait in the upper room for the promise of the Holy Spirit which was to come into them? What's the difference and the need for both events?
Chad Bird, when Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit into His disciples, they were born again. The meaing of them forgiving sins or retaining sins, was they would tell a repented person that their sins are forgiven. Because it's when a person repents that their sins are forgiven. Lk 24: 47. NOT when men forgive people's sins.
Hey, Chad, don't give up on me. I always get so much out of your teaching. But instead of the lectionary, I have been preaching on the person and work of the Holy Spirit since Pentecost. I came back to watch this video today because of the idea of Jesus breathing on the disciples and telling them, "Receive the Holy Spirit." Thank you for your work!
Jesus breathed on his apostles and said," Recieve ye the Holy Spirit". The word " recieve", in the new testaments original Greek means," to take hold of". The natural reaction to breath or air being blown in your face is to breath in. In Acts ch.2, just before the believers recieved the Holy Spirit the wind blow through the area they were standing in and they breathed in the Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues. A physical baby exits the mother, breathes in the breath of life, and cries. A spiritual baby breathes in the Holy Spirit and speaks in tongues( ine spiritual language).
Jesus held the keys.... where did he find them? He found them in scriptures!!, one is in day 6 God gave us signs in the heavens.... when looking to the sky, heaven in is your soup. When you have your hands in the drink the holy spirit speaks....
The Word “Baptize”: Based on Luke 3:16, and John 1:33, and Acts 11:15-16, the most important thing about the word "baptize" in the New Testament has nothing to do with water. The Holy Spirit is the master teacher promised to New Covenant believers in Jeremiah 31:34, and John 14:26, and is found fulfilled in Ephesians 1:13, and 1 John 2:27. Unfortunately, many modern Christians see water when they read the word "baptize" in the text. Based on the above, what is the one baptism of our faith found in the passage below? How many times is the word "Spirit" found in the passage, and how many times is the word "water" found in the passage? Eph 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, Eph 4:2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Eph 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Eph 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,