In the incarnation, Jesus descended. He came down below. But that doesn’t mean that He traveled any distance. That doesn’t mean that He made a trip from one place to another. No, He descended when He took on the form of man. The journey was not from one location to another, it was from one kind to another. He descended when He became human. And He came to the world below, not just because He wanted to forgive sins. No it’s much bigger than that. Sins are dealt with through the cross, but the cross is so much bigger than a way to deal with sins. He descended below so that He could bear in Himself the end of that man. Not a physical end, but a judicial end. Paul says, He became the “last Adam”. He took that entire tree, that entire kind, and brought it into a judicial and eternal separation from God. It is this separation that we need to see. That is why He cried out “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” He brought the realm below into judgment, separation. And in the resurrection He did not then restore the earth or the adamic man to presence of God. The resurrection is not the return of Adam. It is not the redemption of the first man. Christ alone was raised. And this raising from the dead is much more than we often assume. When the Scriptures talk about Christ risen from the dead, they do not simply refer to Christ getting His life back, or coming back alive. Christ’s resurrection and ascension are where He left the world below and returned above. But He returned above having established an eternal boundary with only one blood-covered door. MSF
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 00:05:55 +0000
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