God the Son, Student Workbook, SW10

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e. His teaching outlined the reassertion of God’s kingdom ethic in the here and now, e.g., the Sermon on the Mount, Matt. 5-7. (1) Love as the supreme commandment and fulfillment of the Law’s ethical norms, Matt 22.34-40 (2) He himself as the subject proper of Moses, the Psalms and the Prophets (i.e., the Old Testament in its entirety), John 5.39-40; Luke 24.27, 44-48

f. His character reveals the glory of the Father’s own splendor as well as his kingdom righteousness, John 1.14; Matt. 5.17-18.

B. The theological implications of Jesus as the Proclaimer of the Kingdom of God

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1. Jesus is the fulfillment of the OT prophecy regarding the coming Lord and Messiah, Acts 2.34-36.

2. In Jesus’ first appearing, the Kingdom of God has appeared and been inaugurated. Although it will not be consummated until his Second Coming, Jesus has translated those who believe into the Kingdom of his Son, Col. 1.13; 1 John 3.8.

3. Jesus’ mission on earth was the display and reassertion of God’s rule in this domain, to defeat the devil and to restore his creation under God’s rulership, 1 John 3.8.

He is called His Servant by the God of all things, and Israel, and Light of the Gentiles. ~ Origen (c. 228, E), 9.314. Ibid. p. 370.

III. Jesus is the Suffering Servant of Yahweh.

A. The biblical portrait of the Servant of Yahweh