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Jesus the Anointed One fills out the redemptive patterns (or “types”) in Genesis 22, revealing that our salvation rests on Jesus’s perfect, lifelong, patient, vicarious obedience to the point of death a cross and on his vindicating resurrection from the dead.
Hebrews 3:1-6 (ESV)
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
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
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
Jesus is the Humble King, the One Who is truly and fully God but came as a lowly human to save us.
Luke 2:8-14
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 story begins with creation and God’s blessing, which were given to us as His image, and were intended to be multiplied throughout life.
John 1:1-3
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 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
The crucible of faith reveals exactly where our ability ends and invites us to experience the power and kindness of a faithful God.
Matthew 14:22-32
Jesus is the true man of prayer, showing us both the necessity of prayer and how we should pray.
John 17:1
Human life begins at conception and we should treasure each life as a gift from God’s hand and a sign of His amazing work.
Psalm 139:13-16
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
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
Jesus is our Kinsman Redeemer – a member of our family Who defends, protects, and redeems us from our trouble.
Ruth 2:20
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
Christ is the fulfillment of humanity’s call to bear the image of God, and He is forming that image in His people.
Genesis 1:26-28