Upon This Rock (29): Robbing Christ of His Honor (21)
This article examines John the Baptist's testimony to Jesus as the Lamb of God (John 1:23-36), exploring how John pointed to Christ as the fulfillment of Old Testament sacrificial types and as the eternal Son of God. Through Calvin's commentary and careful exegesis, Doezema reflects on how the incarnation—God manifest in the flesh—represents the grand climax of the gospel and Christ's essential majesty as the One who takes away the sins of the world.
Previous article in this series: April 15, 2017, p. 326. "But when Christ could be pointed out with the finger," as we quoted last time from John Calvin, "the Kingdom of God was opened." We looked briefly at the extent to which that was true of old Simeon. Some thirty years later, John the Baptist was privileged to do so even more literally. I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias…. He it is, who coming after me is...
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