any indebtedness to each other for existence.2 Just as the Son’s kenosis (nonuse of divinity while remaining fully divine) in the incarnation was a new experience (Phil. 2:5–11), so the comprehensive plan of the Trinity to redeem humans and resolve the controversy was a new experience (see chapter 9). The newness of the need to respond to human and cosmic rebellion did not and cannot change the eternal ontological equality and reciprocal love of the Trinity. The first two chapters have given solid
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