Redemptive presence: The Church

Church is the body of Christ and the heavenly bride. Church is the new garden of Eden. She was instituted by the holy Trinity through Creation, redemption, and recreation ( New life new breath in Holy Spirit). The church's presence in the world is the natural presence of Holy Trinity in this natural world. Jesus Christ promised His presence in the world in His statement to the Apostle, " I will be with you always" as He ascended into heaven. He also promised the advocate who would guide the recreated world through His everlasting eternal life, who is Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit instituted His re creative presence among human after the resurrection of Jesus Christ, as humanity and the world received the salvation and re instituted to the Children status to the Heavenly Father at Jesus death and resurrection, which was the original status of human before the sin. Now the human sin has been redeemed through the incarnation death and resurrection of Son of God in the human flesh with the Holy Spirit. The Apostle underwent salvation journey with Jesus Christ through their faith in Jesus Christ and in participation in His redemptive life. They were filled with Holy Spirit in the upper room which marked the beginning of new creation the redemptive body of Christ, who are the children of God the Father through the faith and grace. Holy Spirit resides in the Church, thus Church is the Sanctuary of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
Church is the new garden of Eden, which contains the recreated humanity.
I see the Church concept as constituting Holy Trinity as Head, redemptive body of Christ and faithful who strives for redemption and the humanity waiting to be redeemed, and the world as the participating active context or setting. I visualize Church as a traveling Mother who is guided by the Holy Spirit along the journey with her children in this world. I see church as a collective concept of resurrected body of Christ.

Have thine own way Lord!

Annapoorna Mary, 2011

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