I liked this, never thought of it this way before. Paula Gooder writes:
"Not only did he bring the dead to life but he collapsed the boundaries of time, so that an event that should only have happened at the end of time occurred right in the middle of it."
The idea of moving a properly "end of time" event into the first century adds another dimension to the resurrection, don't you think?
Page 80This Risen Existence: The Spirit of Easter
is here in Galatians 1:1. This epithet is important for a number of reasons. It clearly establishes the uniqueness of God in Paul’s context, where there were a number of gods known by various characteristics, such as Aphrodite, goddess of love, Artemis the goddess of fertility and so on. The characteristic of raising Jesus from the dead gives God a unique identification not known among any of the other gods of Paul’s day. It is also important for another reason. For Paul, Jesus’ resurrection was
Continue reading »