Paul’s Jesus – Creature of the Scriptures or Recent Figure?

[robert j]

I think you have simply confused the two sets of events. The original sending of the son is described in Galatians 4.4-5, in Romans 8.3-4, and in Philippians 2.5-11; the passages that you adduce are more like Galatians 4.6-7, which describes the second set, the "mystic identification." But we are told that the first set happened in the fullness of time (Galatians 4.4) or at the right time (Romans 5.6). The second set is happening "right now," contemporaneously with Paul in his dealings with his churches in the epistles.

I responded to Ben's post above in the OP of a new Thread ---

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