What is Designation?

If you read my last post and thought about this question, you should definitely read this post. There is a very simple yet practical illustration to help you understand. First of all, look at the following pictures. Can you distinguish carnation seeds from sesame seeds?














No doubt. Your elementary school teachers should have taught you not to put any suspicious stuff in your mouth. (Neither do I know what would happen if carnation seeds are taken into our body…) As far as the personal safety and the spirit of experiment are concerned, we can simply sow these two into the earth. This should take some time but it's worthy. Once they have sown, have grown, and have blossomed, they are "designated." Look at the following pictures.

















Here we can say that their blossoms are their designations! Now we should be able to tell out which one is of carnation seed and of sesame seed. Their blossoms are very different in forms from their seeds. If a seed remain as a seed without blossoming, it is difficult for most people to realize that it is a carnation or a sesame. In the same principle, when Christ was in the flesh during His 33 and half years on the earth, He was exactly like a carnation seed. Although the Son of God was in Him, no one could recognize this easily. By being sown into death (It is like the grain of wheat in John 12:24) and growing up in resurrection, He blossomed. By this process He was designated the Son of God, and by this process He uplifted the flesh, the human nature. (As I mentioned in the last post.)



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References: Life-study of Romans, Message 2, 45.