Sunday, October 1, 2023

Alec Motyer on Isaiah 31:3 and the "Spirit"/"Flesh" Distinction

  

The incredible folly of choosing Egypt instead of the Lord! Men (‘adām) is ‘human’. God (‘ēl) is the most transcendent of the ‘God words’, meaning God in exalted majesty, power, and glory. The contrast between flesh and spirit is between what needs life and possesses none, and life-principle itself (40:6; 42:5). (Alec Motyer, The Prophecy of Isaiah [Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1993], 255)

 

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