the act of being cognizant or mindful or taking thought of the creatures He has made, involves lowering Himself in some way. In the Gospel of John, the Word of God or Logos is explicitly identified with Christ, and his pre-incarnation existence is talked about in John 1.1-3. This book gathers together essays, published and unpublished, in which Brian Hebblethwaite explores and defends the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation against its modern critics. Such is what Christians have in the incarnation, for which reason we read that the living and incarnate Word perfectly exegetes and reveals God to us: At that time Jesus said, âI praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Old Testament Appearances of Christ Theophany is a combination of 2 Greek words, "theos" which means "God" and . 6:2; II Kings 19:15; I Chron. Moreover, he is not present in the same degree and manner everywhere. A book about the identity and purpose of the Bible must be of interest to any serious Christian. The move of God is in the New Testament to meet man's need before God (John 1:1, 14; Eph. Admittedly, the word so translated is Adon (v. 1), which in Scripture often denotes a human lord or master.4 Admittedly also, kings were customarily addressed as "my lord.". A New Testament Christophany is Paul's vision of Christ on the road to Damascus, and the subsequent one of Ananias. 1. 3:16 7:4, 14; 27:16; for the Lord is far removed from the wicked, Ps. 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. While this is not necessarily the best way to describe it, it is accurate to say that truth can be revealed in a measure, a fuller measure, and in its fullest measure. He appears in verse 5 as the "Lord," which in Hebrew is. This is the greatest of history’s many wonders, something too stupendous to celebrate just on one day. Advent is a way of lengthening and intensifying the joy of Christmas. The stated purpose of Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament is "to bring an evangelical doctrine of Scripture into conversation with the implications. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. To get to the core of this belief, this latest volume in the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series lays out a systematic summary of Christology from philosophical, biblical, and historical perspectives—concluding that Jesus Christ is ... The book of Hebrews even ends on the same high note: âJesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever.â (Hebrews 13:8). The psalm as a whole leaves no doubt as to the identity of the second Lord. God Is Majestic(He Doesnât Humble Himself). 11:20; 37:27; in the land of Canaan, Judg. 7:6; 14:2; 26:19; Jer. THE ROCK! David is back on the run. The whole plan of the ages has the incarnation as its central and most important aspect. BUT YOU ARE THE SAME, AND YOUR YEARS WILL NOT COME TO AN END. He is not absent from the Old Testament, sitting on the bench, awaiting his fourth quarter winning play. (Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:2; Luke 3:4-6; John 1:23). But although God, in order to keep us within the bounds of soberness, treats sparingly of his essence, still, by the two attributes which I have mentioned, he at once suppresses all gross imaginations, and checks the audacity of the human mind. Two more oracles will be considered briefly. ; 50:15 ff. Old Testament Types of Christ . And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. The locus classicus for this teaching is found in Malachi 3:6, which says in part: âFor I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.â Another prominent passage that teaches Godâs immutability is found in the Psalms, which says of the Lord: In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. 6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. A. whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." 4 Ibid., 71. The Great Unspoken in Jewish-Christian dialogue is Jesus's conception. It's a topic avoided even by many who accept his resurrection. This book tackles the issue. Did Jesus exist before Bethlehem? Who was mysterious Melchizedek? It is evident that God could not suffer such a wound unless He took the form of a man. Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, âThe people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.â We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. This may also be applied to Christ, who humbled himself to look upon the angels in heaven, and take them under his care and protection, be the head of them, and confirm them in that estate in which they were created: and who from all eternity vouchsafed to look with delight upon the sons of men, rejoicing in the habitable parts of the earth, where he knew they would dwell; and in the fulness of time he humbled himself to come down on earth in human nature and dwell among men, and become very man in that nature; made himself of no reputation, and humbled himself so as to become obedient to death, the death of the cross, and be made sin and a curse for his people. Why was Jesus' claim of deity so troubling to the Jews? David’s willingness to concede the title "Lord" to his grandson therefore implies that this descendant is not just his own lord, but even the Lord of all. The coming one, whose way would be prepared by a messenger, is Himself referred to not only as âthe messenger of the covenant,â as well as the one âwhom you seek,â the one âin whom you delight,â and who is said to be âlike a refiners fire and like fullersâ soapâ; He is even referred to as âthe Lord.â The phrase here in Hebrew is ha adon (×Ö¸×Ö¸×Ö£×Ö¹×), which only refers to God in the Old Testament (Isaiah 1:24, 3:1, 10:16, 10:33 and 19:4 [cf. 3:16; 6:19; Eph. Join the RedeemingGod.com Discipleship Group. Notice that Micah identifies the future ruler of Israel, the Christ, in two ways: as a man who would be born in Bethlehem and as "he . The approximate sense of this word is "unending duration" or "advancing time. 15:28; Rev. Belief in the preexistence of Christ is indicated in various letters of the New Testament but particularly in the Letter of Paul to the Philippians, in which the Incarnation is presented as the emptying of Christ Jesus, who was by nature God and equal to God (i.e., the Father) but who took on the nature of a slave (i.e., a human) and was later glorified by God. The LORD alone guided him, and there was no foreign god with him. 3:17; Joel 3:16; etc. Now, many Christians may think they know how the New Testament writers used the Old Testament, but I'm sorry to tell you, they really don't. Basically, most Christians tend to think that the Old Testament simply contains a number of "500-year-old- plus predictions" that finally came true in the life of Jesus, and the New Testament writers were basically saying, "Look at this prediction!