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Daniel_Marsh
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I noticed this unique teaching that Jesus can not be omnipresent because he has a human body and is thus limited to one place at at time, How would you go about biblically to either support or refute this claim?
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- Since taking upon Himself human nature Jesus has apparently decided to remain with our nature and thus to forfeit His omnipresence. Thus the Holy Spirit who continues to have His omnipresence can be with us wherever we are on planet Earth. So, geographically, having the Holy Spirit was a definite advantage over having Jesus here in a human body. Is this the only advantage we gain when we receive the Holy Spirit instead of Jesus?
Before this the Spirit had been in the world; from the very beginning of the work of redemption He had been moving upon men’s hearts. But while Christ was on earth, the disciples had desired no other helper. Not until they were deprived of His presence would they feel their need of the Spirit, and then He would come. {DA 669.1}
The Holy Spirit is Christ’s representative, but divested of the personality of humanity, and independent thereof. Cumbered with humanity, Christ could not be in every place personally. Therefore it was for their interest that He should go to the Father, and send the Spirit to be His successor on earth. No one could then have any advantage because of his location or his personal contact with Christ. By the Spirit the Saviour would be accessible to all. In this sense He would be nearer to them than if He had not ascended on high. {DA 669.2}
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ssnet.org/qrtrly/eng/06b/helps/lesshp04.html#da668The disciples still failed to understand Christ’s words in their spiritual sense, and again He explained His meaning. By the Spirit, He said, He would manifest Himself to them. “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things.” No more will you say, I cannot comprehend. No longer will you see through a glass, darkly. You shall “be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge.” Eph. 3:18, 19. {DA 670.1}
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