of the age to come (Heb. 6:5).42 For this reason, Vos notes that, ‘the Spirit is not only the author of the resurrection-act, but likewise the permanent substratum of the resurrection-life, to which He supplies the inner, basic element and other outer atmosphere.’43 If one accounts for the two-age structure of redemptive history, and that the eschatological age is marked by the work of the Holy Spirit, then this must colour one’s understanding of Scripture. Scripture, or more specifically, the NT
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