Jesus, the tent?

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 Bro.  Robinson:
 I agree, Bro.  Shaw.  Defining the Son as merely the body or flesh of Jesus
does not do justice to the wondrous portrait of the Sonship painted in
Scripture.

 Mike:
 I guess I am not sure what you mean here.  Wondrous portrait of the sonship?
The Spirit was the father of the flesh, but I hardly see a wondrous father/son
relationship here.  The beauty of the whole thing is that it was the spirit of
the Almighty God and not someone else that walked the earth robed in flesh.
He came in person, in the person of Jesus Christ.
 
 Bro.  Robinson:
 One person's explanation of this passage was that "Jesus was the flesh in
which God manifested Himself. This made Him a man, a man whose Spirit was
and is God. The flesh was not God. Spirit=one, flesh=one, one+one=we."

 Mike:
 Sounds like a pretty good explanation to me.  Sounds real similar to a
certain passage of scripture in the fourth chapter of Ephesians.
Eph 4:4
4	There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your
calling;

 "The flesh was not God."  Surely you agree with this statement.  If the flesh
was God then God died.  You don't believe that do you? 

Bro.  Robinson:
 Jesus states, "*We* [I and the Father] will come unto him." Jesus said this
coming
was of a personal, intimate nature: "We will come unto him, and make our
abode with him." How can this be limited to mean Spirit + flesh? The literal
flesh of Christ certainly does not come and abide with us.
 
 Mike:
 Sometimes it is easier to tell what the Bible doesn't mean than to tell just
what it means.  This is an example of that.  We know there is only one Spirit,
(Eph.4:4) So we know that Jesus wasn't saying,"After awhile there will be a
couple of Holy Spirits that are going to abide in you."  As you stated, it
can't mean that the flesh is going to abide in you.  So I will take a stab at
what I think it could mean.  It could mean that the Spirit of God and his
redeeming power will dwell in you. (I may be wrong, but I don't think that
violates the scriptures like the assumption there was one body and two
spirits) 
 
        Mike Reed