In what sense is Jesus divine? “[The ancient prophets of old] wondered what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ’s suffering and his great glory afterward.” So wrote Peter (1 Peter 1:11). It is an extraordinary statement of faith written by Peter about the Spirit of Jesus Christ working in old testament prophets long before Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit in that holy event when God begat His only-begotten Son. God purposed this before creating anything and God so loved this Son that the creating of all things by God is on behalf of this Son. It is all made and all functions, all of Nature created by God, with Jesus at the heart of things. And this Son worked spiritually in the universe before that conception took place.
