gave way to the latter.18 He who was Son of David according to his physical being was appointed God’s powerful Son according to his spiritual consecration following the resurrection. Paul, instead of contrasting the human and divine natures of the Son in verses 3 and 4, contrasts the two stages in the historical process of his first coming, the incarnate and the glorified stages. The clauses, then, move from messiahship to lordship, the resurrection being the point of division between the state of
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