tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987105.post3145301849197050031..comments2024-02-25T19:18:38.891+00:00Comments on Rectory Musings: Advent Sunday - The Word as a WordleFr. Simon Cutmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08371546028177475152noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987105.post-82972288671264201692010-11-24T22:03:04.399+00:002010-11-24T22:03:04.399+00:00'adam of course is not gender specific (see ht...'adam of course is not gender specific (see http://jamesthevicar.com/wordpress/2008/07/29/adam-male/) so ben-adam could be rendered "Son of humanity" or "born of human" or something along those lines. This brings to life the state of the whole of humanity and so the enormity of what is wrought by the "new adam" - the new human.James Ogleyhttp://jamesthevicar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987105.post-42636417087483656662010-11-23T14:56:47.568+00:002010-11-23T14:56:47.568+00:00Thanks for this (rare) piece of useful sanity in b...Thanks for this (rare) piece of useful sanity in blog and twitter-land today.<br /><br />Two questions:<br /><br />surely it is (if you take the original meaning) the "new humanity" that is coming, not just a longing for it? Aren't we moving towards fulfilment in either meaning?<br /><br />God wants us to be free to be the people we long to be... is I think what you say. But shouldn't we be hoping/longing to be the people that God made us to be, rather than letting our own desires dominate? Or am I reading you wrong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com