Bishop, I do not understand what you mean here, “But even when Jesus is tortured to death, he is not changed but reveals the truth of our nature by exposing and altering the condition in which we exist”
I am supposing he is not changed in his God nature as God is unchanging, immutable... but what do you mean by the rest of this sentence?
The powers of sin and death are overthrown by what happens with Jesus. He tramples down death by death, as the liturgy says. That's what I mean when I say the hammer is melted. And in that victory he shows that to be authentically human is not to be "broken" and burdened but glorious, free. Obedience is the truth of our nature.
Find me an antique Alexandrian theologian, and I’ll find you a bloke who’s always down for a forging analogy.
Bishop, I do not understand what you mean here, “But even when Jesus is tortured to death, he is not changed but reveals the truth of our nature by exposing and altering the condition in which we exist”
I am supposing he is not changed in his God nature as God is unchanging, immutable... but what do you mean by the rest of this sentence?
The powers of sin and death are overthrown by what happens with Jesus. He tramples down death by death, as the liturgy says. That's what I mean when I say the hammer is melted. And in that victory he shows that to be authentically human is not to be "broken" and burdened but glorious, free. Obedience is the truth of our nature.
Thank you for explaining. Yes. I understand. And cause praise to be on my lips. Wonderful Jesus.