Upon This Rock (18): Robbing Christ of His Honor (10)
Doezema examines how Christ revealed the mystery of His death and resurrection to the disciples after His resurrection, progressively unveiling Old Testament prophecy and types rather than disclosing all heavenly wisdom at once. The article reflects on Christ's pedagogical wisdom in helping believers "process" divine mysteries incrementally, demonstrating how the Gospel fulfills and clarifies what was veiled in the Old Testament.
Previous article in this series: February 15, 2014, p. 226. In our last article we examined briefly the "veil," as Calvin called it, that separated the Law from the Gospel such that the saints of old were not able to "see more closely the things that are now revealed to our eyes." The object of their hope, we saw, was mystery -- which by definition is something that is beyond the reach of the human mind, apart from revelation. Christ Himself demonstrated the truth of that when, after His...
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