The Son of Man and the New Covenant
With the coming of Jesus, the old covenant promises, types, and shadows find fulfillment in the glorious realities of the new covenant.
Mark 2:18-22
The King In Battle
As Jesus begins His public ministry, the Spirit propels Him into the wilderness for a time of testing and temptation from which He emerges victorious where Adam and Israel had failed.
Mark 1:12-13
Our Perfectly Righteous Redeemer
Question 23: Why must the Redeemer be perfectly righteous?
The Redeemer must be perfectly righteous so that His obedience and sacrifice in our place will be acceptable to God.
Romans 5:19; Hebrews 2:17; 1 Peter 1:18-19
Redemption Through Christ the True Human
Question 22: Why must the Redeemer be truly human?
The Redeemer must be truly human so that He might fulfill humanity’s obligations to God by completely obeying God’s Law and suffering and dying for human disobedience.
Romans 5:18-19; 1 Corinthians 15:21; Hebrews 2:14-17
Why the God-Man?
Question 21: What sort of Redeemer and Mediator is needed to bring us back to God?
One who is perfectly righteous, truly human and truly God.
Hebrews 4:14–16; Hebrews 7:23–28
Freedom From Death Through the Second Adam
Adam’s sin brought us slavery to death, but Jesus, the Second Adam, has conquered and gives freedom from death to His people through the resurrection.
1 Corinthians 15:20-28
The Covenant of Redemption (Adam)
In the fall, humans broke God’s covenant and fell under the curse, but God promised to redeem humans from the curse through the coming Seed of the woman.
Genesis 3:14–19
Man – The True Human
Jesus, the Man, was truly human so that He might fulfill humanity’s obligations to God by completely obeying God’s Law and suffering and dying for human disobedience.
Matthew 1:1
The Advent Promise Given
In the midst of the wreckage of the Fall, God gave a promise that Jesus would come to redeem and rescue us.
Genesis 3:15
Authentic Faith In A World Of Illusion
We must resist this fallen world, remembering that authentic, eternal life and joy Is found in God, not in this fading evil order of illusion that is passing away.
1 John 2:15-17
Matthew – The Man
Matthew presents Jesus as the fulfillment of the Old Testament, God’s True Son who accomplishes the call of Adam and Israel, succeeding where they failed, to bring salvation to the earth.
Matthew 1:1; 2:13-15; 3:16-17; 4:1-11
Angels – Awe and Praise At the Incarnation
Angels are mighty beings who stand in the presence of God and do His will, but they were awestruck at the mystery of the Incarnation and praised God.
Luke 2:8-14
Christ the True Man
Christ, the Second Adam, is the True Man, showing us what it means to be truly human, and restoring our humanity.
1 Corinthians 15:45-49
Our Redeemer – Christ the Second Adam
As the Second Adam, Christ has worked redemption and is restoring God’s original purposes for mankind.
1 Corinthians 15:20-22, 45-47; Romans 5:14
Christ – The Last Adam
Christ is the fulfillment of everything Adam was called to be, and He exceeds those expectations, bringing eternal life to His people.
Genesis 2:7; Romans 5:14; 1 Corinthians 15:45
Christ – Ruler Over God’s Creation
Christ is the fulfillment of humanity’s call to rule over God’s creation, and He calls His people to exercise that rule in every area of life and creation.
Genesis 1:26-28