Paul’s pneumatology in summary:
The Lord who has become life-giving Spirit fills him.
The Lord, the Spirit transforms him from glory to glory as he gazes at the glory of God in the face of Jesus.
Since the glory of Jesus is the glory of the cross, Paul’s translation into glory means sharing, even “filling up” (Colossians 1:24), the sufferings of Jesus.
Cruciformed by the Spirit, he is afflicted for the “salvation” of the churches (2 Corinthians 1:6).
And this fulfills the hope of Israel, that the Spirit would be poured out to turn the wasteland into Eden (Ezekiel 36).
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