The Fifth Article: Of the Holy Ghost part 2

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[Stand Firm] 13 Oct 2007--Logically speaking, God’s first redeeming act was the Incarnation, the miraculous conception of his Son in the Virgin’s Womb announced by the angel Gabriel and accomplished through the Spirit. We are, in fact, given in the life of Christ a living picture of creation and redemption. There is a parallel between the Spirit’s “coming upon” Mary as Jesus was conceived in her womb apart from the seed of a human male and the Spirit’s hovering over the void in Genesis 1. The apostolic authors of all four Gospels consciously employ the language of Genesis 1 to describe either the conception of Jesus Christ and/or the inception of his ministry. The re-creation or “new creation” signified by the conception and ministry of the Word in the world culminates with his redemptive resurrection by the power of the Holy Spirit, the Breath of the Father. Dry bones live. God creates life and redeems it from the grave.