(avg. read time: 9–18 mins.) In anticipation of a larger project I will post next week, today I will examine the relationship of resurrection and new creation in Rom 8. The two eschatological expectations are not always referenced together, and thus it is noteworthy when they are for how they illuminate cases where only one is referenced and for how they show that these events belong together as embodying the same logic. As in new creation, where what is subject to death and decay is renewed and redeemed, the resurrection must involve redemption of the body (cf. Irenaeus,
Resurrection and New Creation in Rom 8
Resurrection and New Creation in Rom 8
Resurrection and New Creation in Rom 8
(avg. read time: 9–18 mins.) In anticipation of a larger project I will post next week, today I will examine the relationship of resurrection and new creation in Rom 8. The two eschatological expectations are not always referenced together, and thus it is noteworthy when they are for how they illuminate cases where only one is referenced and for how they show that these events belong together as embodying the same logic. As in new creation, where what is subject to death and decay is renewed and redeemed, the resurrection must involve redemption of the body (cf. Irenaeus,