Comments on: Resurrected “by the power of the Spirit” https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2008/03/07/resurrected-by-the-power-of-the-spirit/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: LDS Anarchist https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2008/03/07/resurrected-by-the-power-of-the-spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-46894 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:56:50 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2008/03/07/resurrected-by-the-power-of-the-spirit/#comment-46894 That’s an interesting question. I think that there are three Spirits it could refer to: the spirit body of Christ (in other words, Christ himself now as an disembodied Spirit), the Spirit of Christ (the Light of Christ which fills the immensity of space, etc.) or the Holy Ghost. I don’t think the text really gives enough clues to make a proper or absolute determination, but my best guess, based on the comparison to the body of Christ (“according to the flesh”) would be that Lehi is referring to the spirit body of Christ. As Christ is the Lord God Omnipotent who prior to coming was a Spirit and after crucification (prior to resurrection) was a Spirit, I’d say Lehi is referring to the godhood of Jesus, meaning that Jesus was able to resurrect himself because he had power in himself, being God, to do so. I’d also say that it refers to the Holy Spirit (or Spirit of Christ or Light of Christ, as it has many designations) since Jesus had a fullness of the Spirit and thus was Omnipotent (Lord God Omnipotent and all that.) This is what makes a god a god, having a fullness of the Spirit.

I’d say that the phrase in that verse does not refer to the Holy Ghost, as it and other verses around it are almost exclusively talking about Christ.

Also, The Dallas, my understanding is that Jesus did not lose any of his authority as a member of the Godhead while in mortality, and thus could not regain it when he died. He still was in charge of all the angels, even sending some to John, according to the JST.

]]> By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2008/03/07/resurrected-by-the-power-of-the-spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-45798 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:11:10 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2008/03/07/resurrected-by-the-power-of-the-spirit/#comment-45798 It seems to me the Holy Ghost had a role in this, since the term “Spirit” generally refers to Him, especially when capitalized. But I don’t pretend to understand what that role was or how the task was accomplished.

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2008/03/07/resurrected-by-the-power-of-the-spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-45117 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:58:15 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2008/03/07/resurrected-by-the-power-of-the-spirit/#comment-45117 So, the power of the Spirit is another name for Jesus’s authority?

]]> By: The Dallas https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2008/03/07/resurrected-by-the-power-of-the-spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-45110 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:09:19 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2008/03/07/resurrected-by-the-power-of-the-spirit/#comment-45110 I think that once he crossed the veil he regained his authority as a member of the Godhead, and with that authority (the power of the Spirit) he was able to resurrect his body.

In mortality, he had a certain set of keys, and once passed, he held the totality of the keys, and was able to complete the Plan.

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