The Spirit at the Cross: Exploring a Cruciform Pneumatology (Australian College of Theology Monograph)

What was the Holy Spirit doing at the cross of Jesus Christ? Jesus death and resurrection are central to Gods reconciliation with humanity. Does the Holy Spirits work pause between Gethsemane and the resurrection? What does the phrase through the eternal Spirit in Hebrews9:14 mean? In this book Tan examines the perspectives of John Vernon Taylor Jurgen Moltmann and John D. Zizioulas from whom three views of the Spirits role at the cross are discerned: the Spirit as the bond of love between the Father and the Son; the Spirit as the Sons coworker enabler and power; and the Spirit as the unifier who unites humanity to the Son. In addition Karl Barth provides the intriguing concept of the Spirit as divine Judge (along with the Father and the Son) and specifically the one who carries out Gods judgment in Jesus Christ the Elect. Integrating these theological perspectives with an in-depth examination of the manuscript and exegetical and hermeneutical history of Hebrews9:14 Tan offers another way of understanding the role of the Spirit at the cross: Christ as the Fathers pneumatic crucible in whom sinful humanity is judged destroyed and reborn through the power of the Holy Spirit.