We are in the throngs of Jesus' resurrection. And are looking at the effects that this had on those who were following Him during His earthly mission of bringing GODS Creation of Humanity to Redemption by their individual identification in His death. And then to His Salvation as they learned a new life filled within with Himself, just as the promised son of man and the Son of GOD lived. As a Genesis 2 person before their every eyes as humanity's promised second Adam. In the promised completion of the prophetic Messianic age by His word; there being two section to prophesy, one still future in style and one now being active in the ingathering of GODS Sons and Daughters with each new generation of redeemed humanity. How long this will last no mere human man knows though they all carry the seed or pearl of GOD within them, some seed grow and some don't, some pearls enlarge and some don't. Just as some gifts of GOD increase in strength and some just lay about with no signs of use.
John 20:19-23 "Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, 'Peace be unto you.' And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, 'Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.' And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, 'Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.'" (KJV)
John 20:19-23 "On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, 'Peace be with you.' When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, 'Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.' And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.'" (ESV)
John 20:19-23 "That evening of the first day of the week, the disciples were gathered in a room with the doors locked because they were afriad of the Jews. When suddenly Jesus stepped into their midst and said, 'Shalom!' (The addition of tei miai sabbaton proves that John is using Roman time, not Jewish, for here evening follows day instead of preceding it.) Then he showed them his scarred hands and side and having now see the Lord for themselves, they were exceedingly glad! Again he repeated his salutation and said, 'Peace be unto you! Just as the Father has commissioned me so do I now send you' (Deuteronomy 18:15-22; Isaiah 50:4, 51:16; John 1:45, 17:18; 8:28, 12:49-50, 15:15 ) Having said this he [1] breathed an effusion of His spirit upon them and said, '[2]Take the Holy Spirit as your Companion.' ("having breathed on them," [1] enephusesen. This is in the First Aorist active indicative of [1] emphusao, late verb, here only in the NT, though used eleven times in the Septuagint and in the Papyri. From en, within, and phuo, to breath, beget, bring forth, to spring up, to shoot forth. It was a symbolic act with the same word used in the Septuagint when GOD breathed the breath of life into Adam (Gen. 2:7). Jesus reminds his disciples of how his resurrection fulfilled the prophetic word of Hosea 6:2 and Ezekiel 37:1-9. The Valley of Dry Bones in Ezekiel 37:1-10 "And the hand of the Lord came upon me, and the Lord brought me forth by the Spirit, and set me in the midst of the plain, and it was full of human bones. And he led me around about them every way: and, behold, there were very many on the face of the plain, very dry. And he said to me, 'Son of man, will these bones live?' and I said, Oh LORD God, thou knows this. And he said to me, 'Prophesy upon these bones, and thou shalt say to them, 'You dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus says the LORD to these dry bones; Behold, I will bring upon you the breath of life: and I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and will spread skin upon you, and will put my Spirit into you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the LORD. So I prophesied as the LORD commanded me: and it came to pass while I was prophesying, that, behold, sinew and flesh grew upon them, and skin came upon them about them: but there was not breath in them. And he said to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, 'Thus says the LORD; Come from the four winds, and breath [H3501] upon these dead men, and let them live. [Hebrew: ח
nâphach, naw-fakh': A primitive root; to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem): - blow, breath, give up, cause to lose [life], seething, snuff.] So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath entered into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, a very great congregation.
Look at John 7:37-39, also John 14 and 16, where the word used was [2] lambano, to take what is one's own, to take to one's self, to associate with one's self as Companion. Holy Spirit seal and confirms our joint-resurrection with Jesus to be celebrated and endorsed in the Feast of Pentecost.)
'If you [1, G863] forgive someone's sins, they are [1] gone and forgotten. if you don't [2, G2902] let go, then you are [2] stuck with them.'" ([1] aphiemi, to let go, to divorce, to leave behind, to forgive; [2] krateo, is to seize. In the context of what has happened on the cross and here emphasized in the previous three verses, the basis of true forgiveness is the death and closure that Jesus brought to whatever it was that testified against us; his glorious resurrection and the companionship of his Holy Spirit as the very breath of our zoe - life are the essence and authority of our commission which is to announce humanity's redeemed innocence! The placing of humanity back into a Genesis 2 identity.) (The Mirror)
The LORD willing we shall close this chapter in our next visit.
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