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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{info<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|De la umilinta la exaltare</del>}}<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&nbsp; </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{info}}<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It just hangs there. It dangles as if it were simply an afterthought attached to the second chapter of Genesis. But we know there are no afterthoughts in the mind and inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Thus, we look at this passage to give us a clue about our condition prior to the misery of sin. Chapter 2, verse 25, reads, “They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” This tells us that before sin came into the world, there was no shame. There was no embarrassment. The experience of humiliation was completely unknown and foreign to the human race. However, along with the first experience of sin came the awful burden of the weight of personal shame and embarrassment. Shame and embarrassment are feelings and experiences that occur to us in various degrees. The worst kind of shame, the most dreadful form of embarrassment, is that which results in utter and complete humiliation. Humiliation brings with it not merely the reddened face of embarrassment but also the sense of despair as we lose our dignity and our reputations are cast into ruin. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Yet it was precisely into this domain of shame and humiliation that our Savior came voluntarily in the incarnation. The popular hymn, “Ivory Palaces,” depicts this descent from glory — the Son of Man’s voluntary departure from the ivory palace that is His eternal dwelling place. He chose willingly to make Himself of no reputation, to become a man and a servant, obedient even unto death. It is this humiliation that Christ willingly accepted for Himself, which stands at the beginning of the entire progress that He travels on His road to glory and to His final exaltation. The progress, as the New Testament traces it, is one that moves from humiliation in the birth of Jesus to His exaltation in His resurrection, ascension, and return. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Este chiar acolo. Se leagana ca si cum ar fi un simplu gand ulterior atasat capitolului II din Geneza. Dar noi stim ca nu exista ganduri ulterioare in mintea si inspiratia Sfantului Duh. Astfel</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cautam in acest pasaj sa gasim cheia referitoare la conditia noastra inainte de mizeria pacatului. Capitolul 2</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">versetul 25, spune “Erau amandoi goi, barbatul si sotia lui, si nu le era rusine.” Acest lucru ne spune ca inainte ca pacatul sa vina in lume, nu exista rusine.Nu exista jena. Experienta umilintei era complet necunoscuta si straina rasei umane</del>. In <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">orice caz</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">odata cu prima experienta a pacatului a aparut si puternica apasare legata de rusinea si jena personala. Rusinea si jena sunt sentimente si experiente ce apar in noi in proportii variate.Cea mai rea forma de rusine</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cea mai ingrozitoare forma de jena, este cea care rezulta in umilinta completa si categorica</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Umilinta aduce cu ea nu doar partea rusinoasa a jenei, dar si sensul disperarii noastre atunci cand ne pierdem demnitatea</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">si reputatia noastra cade </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ruina</del>. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The quality of exaltation is the exact opposite</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a strong antithesis</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to the quality of humiliation</ins>. In <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exaltation</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">dignity is not only restored</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but it is crowned with the glory that only God can bestow</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">And so when we look at the biblical theme of the exaltation of Jesus</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">we look at the way </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which the Father rewards His Son and declares His glory to the whole creation</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br>Este sigur ca Salvatorul nostru s-a incarnat de buna voie </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">acest domeniu al rusinii si umilintei. Imnul popular “Palatele de fildes”</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">infatiseaza coborarea Lui din glorie – plecarea voluntara </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Fiului Omului din palatul de fildes care este salasul Lui vesnic</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br>A ales de buna voie sa nu fie renumit, sa devina om si sluga, supus chiar si dincolo de moarte. Hristos </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">acceptat aceasta umilinta de buna voie</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">umilinta care sta la inceputul intregului sau parcurs prin care El calatoreste pe drumul Lui catre glorie si catre preamarirea Sa finala.Parcursul</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">asa cum este descris </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Noul Testament</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">trece de la umilinta nasterii lui Hristos la preamarirea rastingnirii Lui</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">inaltarii si reinvierii Lui</del>. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We are told that no one ascends into heaven except the One who descends from heaven, and we are also told that </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">baptism</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">we are given the mark and the sign of our participation with Jesus in both His humiliation and His exaltation. The promise of participating in the exaltation of Christ is given to every believer — but there is </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">catch</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There is </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">warning</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and that warning is clear: unless we are willing to participate in the humiliation of Jesus</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">we would have no reason to expect ever to participate </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">His exaltation. But that is the crown that is set before us</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that we</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">who have no right to everlasting glory and honor, will nevertheless receive it because of what has been achieved in our stead by our perfect Redeemer</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br>Calitatea preamaririi este exact opusul calitatii umilintei, fiind o antiteza puternica intre cele doua. </del>In <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">preamarire</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">demnitatea nu este doar recastigata, ci si incoronata cu gloria pe care doar Dumnezeu o poate darui</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Cand analizam tema biblica </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">preamaririi lui Isus</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">suntem atenti la modul </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">care Tatal isi rasplateste Fiul Sau si isi inchina gloria Sa intregii creatii</del>. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1990</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">I wrote a book entitled ''The Glory of Christ''</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The writing of that book was one of the most thrilling experiences I’ve ever had in writing. My task on that occasion was to demonstrate that while there is </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">general progression from humiliation to exaltation in the life and ministry of Jesus</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this progression does not run </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an unbroken line that moves uninterrupted from humiliation to exaltation. Rather, the book explains that even in Jesus’ general progress from humiliation to exaltation, in His worst moments of humiliation, there are interjections by the grace of God, wherein the Son’s glory is also manifest</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br>Ni s-</del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">spus ca nimeni nu ajunge </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">rai decat Cel care coboara din rai, si ni s-</del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">spus de asemenea ca </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">baptism, ni se da nota si semnul pentru participarea alaturi de Isus atat </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">umilinta cat si in preamarirea Lui</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Promisiunea participarii la preamarirea lui Hristos este data fiecarui credincios – dar aici este o capcana</del>. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">For example, when we consider the nativity of Jesus, it is easy to focus our attention on the sheer impoverishment that went with His being born in </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">stable and </ins>in a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">place where He was unwelcome </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the resident hotel or inn. There was an overwhelming sense of debasement </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the lowliness of His birth</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Yet, at the very moment that our Lord entered humanity in these debasing circumstances, just a short distance away the heavens broke out with the glory of God shining before the eyes of the shepherds with the announcement of His birth as the King</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br>Exista o avertizare si aceasta avertizare este clara: in cazul </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">care dorim sa participam la umilinta lui Isus</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">nu am avea nici un motiv sa asteptam vreodata sa participam la preamarirea Lui</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Dar aceasta este coroana asezata </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fata noastra pe care o vom primi oricum</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">noi cei care nu avem nici un drept la gloria si onoarea eterna</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pentru ceea ce a fost acumulat </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mod constant prin Mantuitorul nostru</del>. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Even when He goes to the cross, </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the worst moments of His humiliation</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">there still remains a hint of His triumph over evil, where His body is not thrown into the garbage dump outside of Jerusalem; rather, following the prophetic prediction of Isaiah, chapter 53, Jesus’ body was tenderly laid to rest in the tomb of a wealthy man</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">His death was ignominious, but His burial was one that was a great honor </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ancient terms. His body was adorned with the sweetest spices and most costly perfumes</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and He was given the burial plot of honor. Therefore, God</ins>, in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the midst of the suffering of His obedient servant, would not allow His holy One to see corruption</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br>In 1990</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">am scris o carte intitulata “Gloria lui Hristos”</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Redactarea acestei carti </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fost cea mai emotionanta experienta pe care am avut-o. Rolul meu a fost acela de a demonstra ca in timp ce exista o evolutie generala de la umilinta la exaltare </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">viata si comunitatea lui Isus</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">acesta evolutie nu curge pe o linie nemarcata</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">care se muta neintrerupt de la umilinta la exaltare</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mai mult</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cartea explica faptul ca evolutia generala a lui Isus de la umilinta la exaltare</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in momentele cele mai groaznice ale umilintei Lui</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exista interjectii pentru maretia lui Dumnezeu</del>, in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">care este exprimata si maretia pentru Fiului Sau</del>. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">And throughout the pages of Scripture</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">we see these glimpses here and there, breaking through the veil and the cloak of Jesus’ humanity, piercing the armor of the humiliation and debasement that was His lot during His earthly sojourn</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">These moments, or glimpses, of glory should be for the Christian </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">foretaste of what lies ahead, not only for the ultimate exaltation of Jesus </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the consummation of His kingdom</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but also a taste for us of heaven itself</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as we become the heirs and joint-heirs of Jesus</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Jesus’ final lot</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">His destiny</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">His legacy, promised and guaranteed by the Father</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is glory</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and that glory He shares with all who put their trust </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Him</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br>Este sigur ca Salvatorul nostru s-a incarnat de buna voie in acest domeniu al rusinii si umilintei. Imnul popular “Palatele de fildes”, infatiseaza coborarea Lui din glorie – plecarea voluntara a Fiului Omului din palatul de fildes care este salasul Lui vesnic.<br>A ales de buna voie sa nu fie renumit, sa devina om si sluga, supus chiar si dincolo de moarte. Hristos a acceptat aceasta umilinta de buna voie, umilinta care sta la inceputul intregului sau parcurs prin care El calatoreste pe drumul Lui catre glorie si catre preamarirea Sa finala.Parcursul, asa cum este descris in Noul Testament, trece de la umilinta nasterii lui Hristos la preamarirea rastingnirii Lui, inaltarii si reinvierii Lui. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br>Este sigur ca Salvatorul nostru s-a incarnat de buna voie in acest domeniu al rusinii si umilintei. Imnul popular “Palatele de fildes”, infatiseaza coborarea Lui din glorie – plecarea voluntara a Fiului Omului din palatul de fildes care este salasul Lui vesnic.<br>A ales de buna voie sa nu fie renumit, sa devina om si sluga, supus chiar si dincolo de moarte. Hristos a acceptat aceasta umilinta de buna voie, umilinta care sta la inceputul intregului sau parcurs prin care El calatoreste pe drumul Lui catre glorie si catre preamarirea Sa finala.Parcursul, asa cum este descris in Noul Testament, trece de la umilinta nasterii lui Hristos la preamarirea rastingnirii Lui, inaltarii si reinvierii Lui. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br>Calitatea preamaririi este exact opusul calitatii umilintei, fiind o antiteza puternica intre cele doua. In preamarire, demnitatea nu este doar recastigata, ci si incoronata cu gloria pe care doar Dumnezeu o poate darui. Cand analizam tema biblica a preamaririi lui Isus, suntem atenti la modul in care Tatal isi rasplateste Fiul Sau si isi inchina gloria Sa intregii creatii.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br>Calitatea preamaririi este exact opusul calitatii umilintei, fiind o antiteza puternica intre cele doua. In preamarire, demnitatea nu este doar recastigata, ci si incoronata cu gloria pe care doar Dumnezeu o poate darui. Cand analizam tema biblica a preamaririi lui Isus, suntem atenti la modul in care Tatal isi rasplateste Fiul Sau si isi inchina gloria Sa intregii creatii. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br>Exista o avertizare si aceasta avertizare este clara: in cazul in care dorim sa participam la umilinta lui Isus, nu am avea nici un motiv sa asteptam vreodata sa participam la preamarirea Lui. Dar aceasta este coroana asezata in fata noastra pe care o vom primi oricum, noi cei care nu avem nici un drept la gloria si onoarea eterna, pentru ceea ce a fost acumulat in mod constant prin Mantuitorul nostru.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br>Exista o avertizare si aceasta avertizare este clara: in cazul in care dorim sa participam la umilinta lui Isus, nu am avea nici un motiv sa asteptam vreodata sa participam la preamarirea Lui. Dar aceasta este coroana asezata in fata noastra pe care o vom primi oricum, noi cei care nu avem nici un drept la gloria si onoarea eterna, pentru ceea ce a fost acumulat in mod constant prin Mantuitorul nostru. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br>In 1990, am scris o carte intitulata “Gloria lui Hristos”. Redactarea acestei carti a fost cea mai emotionanta experienta pe care am avut-o. Rolul meu a fost acela de a demonstra ca in timp ce exista o evolutie generala de la umilinta la exaltare in viata si comunitatea lui Isus, acesta evolutie nu curge pe o linie nemarcata, care se muta neintrerupt de la umilinta la exaltare.Mai mult, cartea explica faptul ca evolutia generala a lui Isus de la umilinta la exaltare, in momentele cele mai groaznice ale umilintei Lui, exista interjectii pentru maretia lui Dumnezeu, in care este exprimata si maretia pentru Fiului Sau.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br>In 1990, am scris o carte intitulata “Gloria lui Hristos”. Redactarea acestei carti a fost cea mai emotionanta experienta pe care am avut-o. Rolul meu a fost acela de a demonstra ca in timp ce exista o evolutie generala de la umilinta la exaltare in viata si comunitatea lui Isus, acesta evolutie nu curge pe o linie nemarcata, care se muta neintrerupt de la umilinta la exaltare.Mai mult, cartea explica faptul ca evolutia generala a lui Isus de la umilinta la exaltare, in momentele cele mai groaznice ale umilintei Lui, exista interjectii pentru maretia lui Dumnezeu, in care este exprimata si maretia pentru Fiului Sau. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br>De exemplu, cand ne referim la nativitatea lui Isus, este usor sa ne concentram atentia asupra stancii saracite care a mers cu el cand s-a nascut in acel loc unde El nu a fost bine venit in salasul sau innascut.A fost un sentiment coplesitor de degradare în umilinta naşterii Lui. La fiecare moment de cand Domnul a venit pe lume in aceste circumstante injositoare, intr-un timp scurt raiurile s-au spart de gloria lui Dumnezeu care stralucea in fata ochilor pastorilor anuntand nasterea lui ca Rege.<br>Chiar si cand a fost la rascruce, in cele mai crunte momente ale umilinteui Lui, inca se mai pastreaza urma triumfului Sau asupra raului, trupul sau nefiind aruncat ca pe gunoi in afara Ierusalimului; mai mult, urmand predictia profetica a lui Isaia, capitolul 53, trupul lui Isus a fost intins ca sa se odihneasca in mormantul unui om bogat. Moartea Sa a fost modesta, insa inmormantarea Sa a fost in onoarea celui mai mare om in termeni istorici.<br>Trupul sau a fost imbalsamat cu cele mai dulci mirodenii si cele mai scumpe parfumuri, si a primit la inmormantare titlu onorific. Asadar, Dumnezeu, de-a lungul suferintei umilului Sau supus, nu va permite celui Sfant sa vada coruptia.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br>De exemplu, cand ne referim la nativitatea lui Isus, este usor sa ne concentram atentia asupra stancii saracite care a mers cu el cand s-a nascut in acel loc unde El nu a fost bine venit in salasul sau innascut.A fost un sentiment coplesitor de degradare în umilinta naşterii Lui. La fiecare moment de cand Domnul a venit pe lume in aceste circumstante injositoare, intr-un timp scurt raiurile s-au spart de gloria lui Dumnezeu care stralucea in fata ochilor pastorilor anuntand nasterea lui ca Rege.<br>Chiar si cand a fost la rascruce, in cele mai crunte momente ale umilinteui Lui, inca se mai pastreaza urma triumfului Sau asupra raului, trupul sau nefiind aruncat ca pe gunoi in afara Ierusalimului; mai mult, urmand predictia profetica a lui Isaia, capitolul 53, trupul lui Isus a fost intins ca sa se odihneasca in mormantul unui om bogat. Moartea Sa a fost modesta, insa inmormantarea Sa a fost in onoarea celui mai mare om in termeni istorici.<br>Trupul sau a fost imbalsamat cu cele mai dulci mirodenii si cele mai scumpe parfumuri, si a primit la inmormantare titlu onorific. Asadar, Dumnezeu, de-a lungul suferintei umilului Sau supus, nu va permite celui Sfant sa vada coruptia. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The quality of exaltation is the exact opposite</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a strong antithesis</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to the quality of humiliation</del>. In <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exaltation</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">dignity is not only restored</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but it is crowned with the glory that only God can bestow</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">And so when we look at the biblical theme of the exaltation of Jesus</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">we look at the way </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which the Father rewards His Son and declares His glory to the whole creation</del>. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Este chiar acolo. Se leagana ca si cum ar fi un simplu gand ulterior atasat capitolului II din Geneza. Dar noi stim ca nu exista ganduri ulterioare in mintea si inspiratia Sfantului Duh. Astfel</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cautam in acest pasaj sa gasim cheia referitoare la conditia noastra inainte de mizeria pacatului. Capitolul 2</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">versetul 25, spune “Erau amandoi goi, barbatul si sotia lui, si nu le era rusine.” Acest lucru ne spune ca inainte ca pacatul sa vina in lume, nu exista rusine.Nu exista jena. Experienta umilintei era complet necunoscuta si straina rasei umane</ins>. In <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">orice caz</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">odata cu prima experienta a pacatului a aparut si puternica apasare legata de rusinea si jena personala. Rusinea si jena sunt sentimente si experiente ce apar in noi in proportii variate.Cea mai rea forma de rusine</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cea mai ingrozitoare forma de jena, este cea care rezulta in umilinta completa si categorica</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Umilinta aduce cu ea nu doar partea rusinoasa a jenei, dar si sensul disperarii noastre atunci cand ne pierdem demnitatea</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">si reputatia noastra cade </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ruina</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We are told that no one ascends into heaven except the One who descends from heaven, and we are also told that </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">baptism</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">we are given the mark and the sign of our participation with Jesus in both His humiliation and His exaltation. The promise of participating in the exaltation of Christ is given to every believer — but there is </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">catch</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There is </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">warning</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and that warning is clear: unless we are willing to participate in the humiliation of Jesus</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">we would have no reason to expect ever to participate </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">His exaltation. But that is the crown that is set before us</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that we</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">who have no right to everlasting glory and honor, will nevertheless receive it because of what has been achieved in our stead by our perfect Redeemer</del>. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br>Este sigur ca Salvatorul nostru s-a incarnat de buna voie </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">acest domeniu al rusinii si umilintei. Imnul popular “Palatele de fildes”</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">infatiseaza coborarea Lui din glorie – plecarea voluntara </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Fiului Omului din palatul de fildes care este salasul Lui vesnic</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br>A ales de buna voie sa nu fie renumit, sa devina om si sluga, supus chiar si dincolo de moarte. Hristos </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">acceptat aceasta umilinta de buna voie</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">umilinta care sta la inceputul intregului sau parcurs prin care El calatoreste pe drumul Lui catre glorie si catre preamarirea Sa finala.Parcursul</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">asa cum este descris </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Noul Testament</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">trece de la umilinta nasterii lui Hristos la preamarirea rastingnirii Lui</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">inaltarii si reinvierii Lui</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1990</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">I wrote a book entitled ''The Glory of Christ''</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The writing of that book was one of the most thrilling experiences I’ve ever had in writing. My task on that occasion was to demonstrate that while there is </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">general progression from humiliation to exaltation in the life and ministry of Jesus</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this progression does not run </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an unbroken line that moves uninterrupted from humiliation to exaltation. Rather, the book explains that even in Jesus’ general progress from humiliation to exaltation, in His worst moments of humiliation, there are interjections by the grace of God, wherein the Son’s glory is also manifest</del>. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br>Calitatea preamaririi este exact opusul calitatii umilintei, fiind o antiteza puternica intre cele doua. </ins>In <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">preamarire</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">demnitatea nu este doar recastigata, ci si incoronata cu gloria pe care doar Dumnezeu o poate darui</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Cand analizam tema biblica </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">preamaririi lui Isus</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">suntem atenti la modul </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">care Tatal isi rasplateste Fiul Sau si isi inchina gloria Sa intregii creatii</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">For example, when we consider the nativity of Jesus, it is easy to focus our attention on the sheer impoverishment that went with His being born in </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">stable and </del>in a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">place where He was unwelcome </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the resident hotel or inn. There was an overwhelming sense of debasement </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the lowliness of His birth</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Yet, at the very moment that our Lord entered humanity in these debasing circumstances, just a short distance away the heavens broke out with the glory of God shining before the eyes of the shepherds with the announcement of His birth as the King</del>. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br>Ni s-</ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">spus ca nimeni nu ajunge </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">rai decat Cel care coboara din rai, si ni s-</ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">spus de asemenea ca </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">baptism, ni se da nota si semnul pentru participarea alaturi de Isus atat </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">umilinta cat si in preamarirea Lui</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Promisiunea participarii la preamarirea lui Hristos este data fiecarui credincios – dar aici este o capcana</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Even when He goes to the cross, </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the worst moments of His humiliation</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">there still remains a hint of His triumph over evil, where His body is not thrown into the garbage dump outside of Jerusalem; rather, following the prophetic prediction of Isaiah, chapter 53, Jesus’ body was tenderly laid to rest in the tomb of a wealthy man</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">His death was ignominious, but His burial was one that was a great honor </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ancient terms. His body was adorned with the sweetest spices and most costly perfumes</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and He was given the burial plot of honor. Therefore, God</del>, in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the midst of the suffering of His obedient servant, would not allow His holy One to see corruption</del>. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br>Exista o avertizare si aceasta avertizare este clara: in cazul </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">care dorim sa participam la umilinta lui Isus</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">nu am avea nici un motiv sa asteptam vreodata sa participam la preamarirea Lui</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Dar aceasta este coroana asezata </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fata noastra pe care o vom primi oricum</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">noi cei care nu avem nici un drept la gloria si onoarea eterna</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pentru ceea ce a fost acumulat </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mod constant prin Mantuitorul nostru</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">And throughout the pages of Scripture</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">we see these glimpses here and there, breaking through the veil and the cloak of Jesus’ humanity, piercing the armor of the humiliation and debasement that was His lot during His earthly sojourn</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">These moments, or glimpses, of glory should be for the Christian </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">foretaste of what lies ahead, not only for the ultimate exaltation of Jesus </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the consummation of His kingdom</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but also a taste for us of heaven itself</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as we become the heirs and joint-heirs of Jesus</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Jesus’ final lot</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">His destiny</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">His legacy, promised and guaranteed by the Father</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is glory</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and that glory He shares with all who put their trust </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Him</del>. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br>In 1990</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">am scris o carte intitulata “Gloria lui Hristos”</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Redactarea acestei carti </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fost cea mai emotionanta experienta pe care am avut-o. Rolul meu a fost acela de a demonstra ca in timp ce exista o evolutie generala de la umilinta la exaltare </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">viata si comunitatea lui Isus</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">acesta evolutie nu curge pe o linie nemarcata</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">care se muta neintrerupt de la umilinta la exaltare</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mai mult</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cartea explica faptul ca evolutia generala a lui Isus de la umilinta la exaltare</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in momentele cele mai groaznice ale umilintei Lui</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exista interjectii pentru maretia lui Dumnezeu</ins>, in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">care este exprimata si maretia pentru Fiului Sau</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Oanahttp://gospeltranslations.org/w/index.php?title=Humiliation_to_Exaltation&diff=7477&oldid=prevJoyaTeemer at 21:22, 23 September 20082008-09-23T21:22:20Z<p></p>
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</table>JoyaTeemerhttp://gospeltranslations.org/w/index.php?title=Humiliation_to_Exaltation&diff=7476&oldid=prevBhkauflin at 15:00, 10 July 20082008-07-10T15:00:10Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Yet it was precisely into this domain of shame and humiliation that our Savior came voluntarily in the incarnation. The popular hymn, “Ivory Palaces,” depicts this descent from glory — the Son of Man’s voluntary departure from the ivory palace that is His eternal dwelling place. He chose willingly to make Himself of no reputation, to become a man and a servant, obedient even unto death. It is this humiliation that Christ willingly accepted for Himself, which stands at the beginning of the entire progress that He travels on His road to glory and to His final exaltation. The progress, as the New Testament traces it, is one that moves from humiliation in the birth of Jesus to His exaltation in His resurrection, ascension, and return. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Yet it was precisely into this domain of shame and humiliation that our Savior came voluntarily in the incarnation. The popular hymn, “Ivory Palaces,” depicts this descent from glory — the Son of Man’s voluntary departure from the ivory palace that is His eternal dwelling place. He chose willingly to make Himself of no reputation, to become a man and a servant, obedient even unto death. It is this humiliation that Christ willingly accepted for Himself, which stands at the beginning of the entire progress that He travels on His road to glory and to His final exaltation. The progress, as the New Testament traces it, is one that moves from humiliation in the birth of Jesus to His exaltation in His resurrection, ascension, and return. </div></td></tr>
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</table>Bhkauflinhttp://gospeltranslations.org/w/index.php?title=Humiliation_to_Exaltation&diff=7475&oldid=prevBhkauflin at 16:14, 17 June 20082008-06-17T16:14:23Z<p></p>
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</table>Bhkauflinhttp://gospeltranslations.org/w/index.php?title=Humiliation_to_Exaltation&diff=7474&oldid=prevKryndontpay at 23:58, 2 June 20082008-06-02T23:58:58Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{MasterHeader|author= Dr. R.C. Sproul |partnerurl= www.ligonier.org |partner= Ligonier Ministries |date= March 2005 |other= |series= Right Now Counts Forever |categorytopic= No Topic |mediatype= article |lang= English |editor= n/a |translator= n/a |levels= 0|reviewed= Not Reviewed|newtitle= Humiliation to Exaltation }}&nbsp;It just hangs there. It dangles as if it were simply an afterthought attached to the second chapter of Genesis. But we know there are no afterthoughts in the mind and inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Thus, we look at this passage to give us a clue about our condition prior to the misery of sin. Chapter 2, verse 25, reads, “They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” This tells us that before sin came into the world, there was no shame. There was no embarrassment. The experience of humiliation was completely unknown and foreign to the human race. However, along with the first experience of sin came the awful burden of the weight of personal shame and embarrassment. Shame and embarrassment are feelings and experiences that occur to us in various degrees. The worst kind of shame, the most dreadful form of embarrassment, is that which results in utter and complete humiliation. Humiliation brings with it not merely the reddened face of embarrassment but also the sense of despair as we lose our dignity and our reputations are cast into ruin. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{MasterHeader|author= Dr. R.C. Sproul |partnerurl= <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http://</ins>www.ligonier.org |partner= Ligonier Ministries |date= March 2005 |other= |series= Right Now Counts Forever |categorytopic= No Topic |mediatype= article |lang= English |editor= n/a |translator= n/a |levels= 0|reviewed= Not Reviewed|newtitle= Humiliation to Exaltation }}&nbsp;It just hangs there. It dangles as if it were simply an afterthought attached to the second chapter of Genesis. But we know there are no afterthoughts in the mind and inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Thus, we look at this passage to give us a clue about our condition prior to the misery of sin. Chapter 2, verse 25, reads, “They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” This tells us that before sin came into the world, there was no shame. There was no embarrassment. The experience of humiliation was completely unknown and foreign to the human race. However, along with the first experience of sin came the awful burden of the weight of personal shame and embarrassment. Shame and embarrassment are feelings and experiences that occur to us in various degrees. The worst kind of shame, the most dreadful form of embarrassment, is that which results in utter and complete humiliation. Humiliation brings with it not merely the reddened face of embarrassment but also the sense of despair as we lose our dignity and our reputations are cast into ruin. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Yet it was precisely into this domain of shame and humiliation that our Savior came voluntarily in the incarnation. The popular hymn, “Ivory Palaces,” depicts this descent from glory — the Son of Man’s voluntary departure from the ivory palace that is His eternal dwelling place. He chose willingly to make Himself of no reputation, to become a man and a servant, obedient even unto death. It is this humiliation that Christ willingly accepted for Himself, which stands at the beginning of the entire progress that He travels on His road to glory and to His final exaltation. The progress, as the New Testament traces it, is one that moves from humiliation in the birth of Jesus to His exaltation in His resurrection, ascension, and return. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Yet it was precisely into this domain of shame and humiliation that our Savior came voluntarily in the incarnation. The popular hymn, “Ivory Palaces,” depicts this descent from glory — the Son of Man’s voluntary departure from the ivory palace that is His eternal dwelling place. He chose willingly to make Himself of no reputation, to become a man and a servant, obedient even unto death. It is this humiliation that Christ willingly accepted for Himself, which stands at the beginning of the entire progress that He travels on His road to glory and to His final exaltation. The progress, as the New Testament traces it, is one that moves from humiliation in the birth of Jesus to His exaltation in His resurrection, ascension, and return. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In 1990, I wrote a book entitled ''The Glory of Christ''. The writing of that book was one of the most thrilling experiences I’ve ever had in writing. My task on that occasion was to demonstrate that while there is a general progression from humiliation to exaltation in the life and ministry of Jesus, this progression does not run in an unbroken line that moves uninterrupted from humiliation to exaltation. Rather, the book explains that even in Jesus’ general progress from humiliation to exaltation, in His worst moments of humiliation, there are interjections by the grace of God, wherein the Son’s glory is also manifest. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In 1990, I wrote a book entitled ''The Glory of Christ''. The writing of that book was one of the most thrilling experiences I’ve ever had in writing. My task on that occasion was to demonstrate that while there is a general progression from humiliation to exaltation in the life and ministry of Jesus, this progression does not run in an unbroken line that moves uninterrupted from humiliation to exaltation. Rather, the book explains that even in Jesus’ general progress from humiliation to exaltation, in His worst moments of humiliation, there are interjections by the grace of God, wherein the Son’s glory is also manifest. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{MasterHeader|author= Dr. R.C. Sproul |partnerurl= <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://</del>www.ligonier.org <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">www.ligonier.org] </del>|partner= Ligonier Ministries |date=<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&nbsp;</del>March 2005 |other= |series= <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(you can leave this one blank for now)</del>|categorytopic= No Topic |mediatype= article |lang= English |editor= n/a |translator= n/a |levels= 0|reviewed= Not Reviewed|newtitle= Humiliation to Exaltation }}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{MasterHeader|author= Dr. R.C. Sproul |partnerurl= www.ligonier.org |partner= Ligonier Ministries |date= March 2005 |other= |series= <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Right Now Counts Forever </ins>|categorytopic= No Topic |mediatype= article |lang= English |editor= n/a |translator= n/a |levels= 0|reviewed= Not Reviewed|newtitle= Humiliation to Exaltation }}<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&nbsp;It just hangs there. It dangles as if it were simply an afterthought attached to the second chapter of Genesis. But we know there are no afterthoughts in the mind and inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Thus, we look at this passage to give us a clue about our condition prior to the misery of sin. Chapter 2, verse 25, reads, “They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” This tells us that before sin came into the world, there was no shame. There was no embarrassment. The experience of humiliation was completely unknown and foreign to the human race. However, along with the first experience of sin came the awful burden of the weight of personal shame and embarrassment. Shame and embarrassment are feelings and experiences that occur to us in various degrees. The worst kind of shame, the most dreadful form of embarrassment, is that which results in utter and complete humiliation. Humiliation brings with it not merely the reddened face of embarrassment but also the sense of despair as we lose our dignity and our reputations are cast into ruin. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It just hangs there. It dangles as if </del>it <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">were simply an afterthought attached to the second chapter </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Genesis. But we know there are no afterthoughts </del>in the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mind and inspiration of the Holy Ghost</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Thus</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">we look at </del>this <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">passage to give us a clue about our condition prior to </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">misery </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sin</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Chapter 2</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">verse 25, reads, “They were both naked, the </del>man and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">his wife</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and were not ashamed</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">” This tells us </del>that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">before sin came into the world</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">there was no shame. There was no embarrassment. The experience of humiliation was completely unknown and foreign to </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">human race. However, along with the first experience </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sin came </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">awful burden of the weight of personal shame and embarrassment. Shame and embarrassment are feelings and experiences </del>that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">occur </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">us in various degrees</del>. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">worst kind of shame</del>, the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">most dreadful form of embarrassment</del>, is that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which results </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">utter and complete humiliation. Humiliation brings with it not merely </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">reddened face </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">embarrassment but also the sense of despair as we lose our dignity </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">our reputations are cast into ruin</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Yet </ins>it <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was precisely into this domain </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">shame and humiliation that our Savior came voluntarily </ins>in the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">incarnation</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The popular hymn</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“Ivory Palaces,” depicts </ins>this <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">descent from glory — </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Son </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Man’s voluntary departure from the ivory palace that is His eternal dwelling place</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He chose willingly to make Himself of no reputation</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to become a </ins>man and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a servant</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">obedient even unto death</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It is this humiliation </ins>that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Christ willingly accepted for Himself</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which stands at </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">beginning </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">entire progress </ins>that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He travels on His road </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">glory and to His final exaltation</ins>. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">progress</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">New Testament traces it</ins>, is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">one </ins>that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">moves from humiliation </ins>in the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">birth </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Jesus to His exaltation in His resurrection, ascension, </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">return</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Yet it was precisely into this domain </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">shame and humiliation that our Savior came voluntarily in </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">incarnation. The popular hymn</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“Ivory Palaces</del>,<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">” depicts this descent from glory — </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Son </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Man’s voluntary departure from the ivory palace that is His eternal dwelling place</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He chose willingly to make Himself of no reputation</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to become a man and a servant</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">obedient even unto death. It </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this humiliation </del>that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Christ willingly accepted for Himself, which stands </del>at the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">beginning </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">entire progress that He travels on His road to glory and to His final </del>exaltation<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. The progress</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">New Testament traces it, is one that moves from humiliation </del>in the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">birth of Jesus to </del>His <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exaltation in </del>His <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">resurrection, ascension, and return</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The quality </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exaltation is </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exact opposite</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a strong antithesis</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">quality </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">humiliation</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In exaltation</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">dignity is not only restored</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but it </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">crowned with the glory </ins>that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">only God can bestow. And so when we look </ins>at the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">biblical theme </ins>of the exaltation <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of Jesus</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">we look at </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">way </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Father rewards </ins>His <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Son and declares </ins>His <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">glory to the whole creation</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The quality of exaltation is </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exact opposite</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a strong antithesis</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">quality </del>of humiliation. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In </del>exaltation<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, dignity </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">not only restored, </del>but <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">crowned with the glory that only God can bestow</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">And so when </del>we <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">look at </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">biblical theme of the exaltation </del>of Jesus, we <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">look at the way </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which the Father rewards </del>His <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Son and declares His glory to </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">whole creation</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We are told that no one ascends into heaven except </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">One who descends from heaven</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and we are also told that in baptism</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">we are given the mark and </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sign </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">our participation with Jesus in both His </ins>humiliation <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and His exaltation</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The promise of participating in the </ins>exaltation <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of Christ </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">given to every believer — </ins>but <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">there </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a catch</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There is a warning, and that warning is clear: unless </ins>we <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">are willing to participate in </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">humiliation </ins>of Jesus, we <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">would have no reason to expect ever to participate </ins>in His <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exaltation. But that is </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">crown that is set before us, that we, who have no right to everlasting glory and honor, will nevertheless receive it because of what has been achieved in our stead by our perfect Redeemer</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We are told that no one ascends into heaven except the One who descends from heaven, and we are also told that in baptism, we are given the mark and the sign of our participation with Jesus in both His humiliation and His exaltation. The promise of participating in the exaltation of Christ is given to every believer — but there is a catch. There is a warning, and that warning is clear: unless we are willing to participate in the humiliation of Jesus, we would have no reason to expect ever to participate in His exaltation. But that is the crown that is set before us, that we, who have no right to everlasting glory and honor, will nevertheless receive it because of what has been achieved in our stead by our perfect Redeemer.<br></del>In 1990, I wrote a book entitled The Glory of Christ. The writing of that book was one of the most thrilling experiences I’ve ever had in writing. My task on that occasion was to demonstrate that while there is a general progression from humiliation to exaltation in the life and ministry of Jesus, this progression does not run in an unbroken line that moves uninterrupted from humiliation to exaltation. Rather, the book explains that even in Jesus’ general progress from humiliation to exaltation, in His worst moments of humiliation, there are interjections by the grace of God, wherein the Son’s glory is also manifest.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In 1990, I wrote a book entitled <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>The Glory of Christ<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>. The writing of that book was one of the most thrilling experiences I’ve ever had in writing. My task on that occasion was to demonstrate that while there is a general progression from humiliation to exaltation in the life and ministry of Jesus, this progression does not run in an unbroken line that moves uninterrupted from humiliation to exaltation. Rather, the book explains that even in Jesus’ general progress from humiliation to exaltation, in His worst moments of humiliation, there are interjections by the grace of God, wherein the Son’s glory is also manifest. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>For example, when we consider the nativity of Jesus, it is easy to focus our attention on the sheer impoverishment that went with His being born in a stable and in a place where He was unwelcome in the resident hotel or inn. There was an overwhelming sense of debasement in the lowliness of His birth. Yet, at the very moment that our Lord entered humanity in these debasing circumstances, just a short distance away the heavens broke out with the glory of God shining before the eyes of the shepherds with the announcement of His birth as the King.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>For example, when we consider the nativity of Jesus, it is easy to focus our attention on the sheer impoverishment that went with His being born in a stable and in a place where He was unwelcome in the resident hotel or inn. There was an overwhelming sense of debasement in the lowliness of His birth. Yet, at the very moment that our Lord entered humanity in these debasing circumstances, just a short distance away the heavens broke out with the glory of God shining before the eyes of the shepherds with the announcement of His birth as the King. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Even when He goes to the cross, in the worst moments of His humiliation, there still remains a hint of His triumph over evil, where His body is not thrown into the garbage dump outside of Jerusalem; rather, following the prophetic prediction of Isaiah, chapter 53, Jesus’ body was tenderly laid to rest in the tomb of a wealthy man. His death was ignominious, but His burial was one that was a great honor in ancient terms. His body was adorned with the sweetest spices and most costly perfumes, and He was given the burial plot of honor. Therefore, God, in the midst of the suffering of His obedient servant, would not allow His holy One to see corruption.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Even when He goes to the cross, in the worst moments of His humiliation, there still remains a hint of His triumph over evil, where His body is not thrown into the garbage dump outside of Jerusalem; rather, following the prophetic prediction of Isaiah, chapter 53, Jesus’ body was tenderly laid to rest in the tomb of a wealthy man. His death was ignominious, but His burial was one that was a great honor in ancient terms. His body was adorned with the sweetest spices and most costly perfumes, and He was given the burial plot of honor. Therefore, God, in the midst of the suffering of His obedient servant, would not allow His holy One to see corruption. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>And throughout the pages of Scripture, we see these glimpses here and there, breaking through the veil and the cloak of Jesus’ humanity, piercing the armor of the humiliation and debasement that was His lot during His earthly sojourn. These moments, or glimpses, of glory should be for the Christian a foretaste of what lies ahead, not only for the ultimate exaltation of Jesus in the consummation of His kingdom, but also a taste for us of heaven itself, as we become the heirs and joint-heirs of Jesus. Jesus’ final lot, His destiny, His legacy, promised and guaranteed by the Father, is glory, and that glory He shares with all who put their trust in Him.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>And throughout the pages of Scripture, we see these glimpses here and there, breaking through the veil and the cloak of Jesus’ humanity, piercing the armor of the humiliation and debasement that was His lot during His earthly sojourn. These moments, or glimpses, of glory should be for the Christian a foretaste of what lies ahead, not only for the ultimate exaltation of Jesus in the consummation of His kingdom, but also a taste for us of heaven itself, as we become the heirs and joint-heirs of Jesus. Jesus’ final lot, His destiny, His legacy, promised and guaranteed by the Father, is glory, and that glory He shares with all who put their trust in Him. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In common language, the terms exaltation and humiliation stand as polar opposites. One of the most magnificent glories of God’s revealed truth and most poignant ironies is that in the cross of Christ these two polar opposites merge and are reconciled. In His humiliation, we find our exaltation. Our shame is replaced by His glory. The songwriter had it right when he wrote, “My sinful self, my only shame, my glory, all the cross.”</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In common language, the terms <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>exaltation<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>humiliation<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>stand as polar opposites. One of the most magnificent glories of God’s revealed truth and most poignant ironies is that in the cross of Christ these two polar opposites merge and are reconciled. In His humiliation, we find our exaltation. Our shame is replaced by His glory. The songwriter had it right when he wrote, “My sinful self, my only shame, my glory, all the cross.”</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>For <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Kryne</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{MasterHeader|author= Dr. R.C. Sproul |partnerurl= [http://www.ligonier.org www.ligonier.org] |partner= Ligonier Ministries |date=&nbsp;March 2005 |other= |series= (you can leave this one blank for now)|categorytopic= No Topic |mediatype= article |lang= English |editor= n/a |translator= n/a |levels= 0|reviewed= Not Reviewed|newtitle= Humiliation to Exaltation }}</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It just hangs there. It dangles as if it were simply an afterthought attached to the second chapter of Genesis. But we know there are no afterthoughts in the mind and inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Thus, we look at this passage to give us a clue about our condition prior to the misery of sin. Chapter 2, verse 25, reads, “They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” This tells us that before sin came into the world, there was no shame. There was no embarrassment. The experience of humiliation was completely unknown and foreign to the human race. However, along with the first experience of sin came the awful burden of the weight of personal shame and embarrassment. Shame and embarrassment are feelings and experiences that occur to us in various degrees. The worst kind of shame, the most dreadful form of embarrassment, is that which results in utter and complete humiliation. Humiliation brings with it not merely the reddened face of embarrassment but also the sense of despair as we lose our dignity and our reputations are cast into ruin.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Yet it was precisely into this domain of shame and humiliation that our Savior came voluntarily in the incarnation. The popular hymn, “Ivory Palaces,” depicts this descent from glory — the Son of Man’s voluntary departure from the ivory palace that is His eternal dwelling place. He chose willingly to make Himself of no reputation, to become a man and a servant, obedient even unto death. It is this humiliation that Christ willingly accepted for Himself, which stands at the beginning of the entire progress that He travels on His road to glory and to His final exaltation. The progress, as the New Testament traces it, is one that moves from humiliation in the birth of Jesus to His exaltation in His resurrection, ascension, and return.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The quality of exaltation is the exact opposite, a strong antithesis, to the quality of humiliation. In exaltation, dignity is not only restored, but it is crowned with the glory that only God can bestow. And so when we look at the biblical theme of the exaltation of Jesus, we look at the way in which the Father rewards His Son and declares His glory to the whole creation.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We are told that no one ascends into heaven except the One who descends from heaven, and we are also told that in baptism, we are given the mark and the sign of our participation with Jesus in both His humiliation and His exaltation. The promise of participating in the exaltation of Christ is given to every believer — but there is a catch. There is a warning, and that warning is clear: unless we are willing to participate in the humiliation of Jesus, we would have no reason to expect ever to participate in His exaltation. But that is the crown that is set before us, that we, who have no right to everlasting glory and honor, will nevertheless receive it because of what has been achieved in our stead by our perfect Redeemer.<br>In 1990, I wrote a book entitled The Glory of Christ. The writing of that book was one of the most thrilling experiences I’ve ever had in writing. My task on that occasion was to demonstrate that while there is a general progression from humiliation to exaltation in the life and ministry of Jesus, this progression does not run in an unbroken line that moves uninterrupted from humiliation to exaltation. Rather, the book explains that even in Jesus’ general progress from humiliation to exaltation, in His worst moments of humiliation, there are interjections by the grace of God, wherein the Son’s glory is also manifest.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>For <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">example, when we consider the nativity of Jesus, it is easy to focus our attention on the sheer impoverishment that went with His being born in a stable and in a place where He was unwelcome in the resident hotel or inn. There was an overwhelming sense of debasement in the lowliness of His birth. Yet, at the very moment that our Lord entered humanity in these debasing circumstances, just a short distance away the heavens broke out with the glory of God shining before the eyes of the shepherds with the announcement of His birth as the King.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Even when He goes to the cross, in the worst moments of His humiliation, there still remains a hint of His triumph over evil, where His body is not thrown into the garbage dump outside of Jerusalem; rather, following the prophetic prediction of Isaiah, chapter 53, Jesus’ body was tenderly laid to rest in the tomb of a wealthy man. His death was ignominious, but His burial was one that was a great honor in ancient terms. His body was adorned with the sweetest spices and most costly perfumes, and He was given the burial plot of honor. Therefore, God, in the midst of the suffering of His obedient servant, would not allow His holy One to see corruption.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">And throughout the pages of Scripture, we see these glimpses here and there, breaking through the veil and the cloak of Jesus’ humanity, piercing the armor of the humiliation and debasement that was His lot during His earthly sojourn. These moments, or glimpses, of glory should be for the Christian a foretaste of what lies ahead, not only for the ultimate exaltation of Jesus in the consummation of His kingdom, but also a taste for us of heaven itself, as we become the heirs and joint-heirs of Jesus. Jesus’ final lot, His destiny, His legacy, promised and guaranteed by the Father, is glory, and that glory He shares with all who put their trust in Him.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In common language, the terms exaltation and humiliation stand as polar opposites. One of the most magnificent glories of God’s revealed truth and most poignant ironies is that in the cross of Christ these two polar opposites merge and are reconciled. In His humiliation, we find our exaltation. Our shame is replaced by His glory. The songwriter had it right when he wrote, “My sinful self, my only shame, my glory, all the cross.”</ins></div></td></tr>
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