Crucified Messiah
{THE SUFFERING SERVANT}
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- The Lamb of Judah - (The central figure in the book of Revelation is the slain Lamb who alone is worthy to open the sealed scroll) - {PDF Copy}
- Servant and King - (At his baptism, the “voice from heaven” called Jesus “my beloved Son,” identifying him as BOTH Messiah and the “Servant of Yahweh”) - {PDF Copy}
- Son, Messiah, King - (Jesus is the Messiah, the anointed Son of God. From the start, his life was characterized by the empowering presence of the Spirit) - {PDF Copy}
- That Son of Man - (The one like a Son of Man in Daniel is the source of Christ’s self-designation as the Son of Man) - {PDF Copy}
- Who is this Man? - (No one recognized who Jesus was except the demons cast out by him. Only in his sacrificial death is his identity be understood) - {PDF Copy}
- The Suffering Servant - (Disciples are summoned to adopt the same mind that Jesus had when he poured out his life unto death for the sake of others) - {PDF Copy}
- The Salvation of Yahweh - {PDF Copy} - (The name ‘Jesus’ means “salvation of Yahweh,” for, in him, the salvation promised to Ancient Israel has arrived in all its glory)
- Proclaiming Another Jesus - {PDF Copy} - (Is Jesus still the “slain Lamb,” or has he become the “roaring” Lion of Judah out to exact payback from his enemies?)
- The Centurion - {PDF Copy} - (In Mark, Israel’s Messiah, the Son of Man, is revealed in his death on a Roman Cross, a reality recognized only by a Roman centurion)
- Son of Man - Imminent Death - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus explains that he is “on the way” to Jerusalem where he will be arrested, tried, and executed per the plan of God)
- Servant of the Kingdom - {PDF Copy} - (His disciples are summoned to lives of self-sacrificial service to others, just as Jesus gave his life as the ransom price for many)
- Kingdom Herald - {PDF Copy} - (Victorious over the Devil and empowered by the Spirit, Jesus appears in Galilee of the Nations and proclaims the Kingdom)
- His Suffering - {PDF Copy} - (To be the Messiah of Israel means suffering and death, and he summons his disciples to follow the same path)