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The Lord of Glory

B. B. Warfield, 1851–1921 · 112,408 words · 140 reading sections

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frequently than in Paul's letters (2^ 3* 6^° 7"^ jq19 j 22.24 1312) . Jt occurs almost as frequently, indeed, as ' Christ.' Neither is , however, a com- mon title in Hebrews (nine and eight times re- spectively) , nor is the compound title ' Jesus Christ,' which occurs three times (10^^ 13^'"^) » while 'Lord Jesus' (13…

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Son, Is an ethico-religious or a metaphysical one. Since this name be- longs to Christ on account of His pretemporal relation to God, the notion ' Son of God ' is plainly in the first instance a metaphysical one. . . . An unprejudiced exposition of the relative passages must lead to the conclusion that according to the…

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throughout the Epistle as being. Certainly there Is no reason why this author should not have ascribed " eternal glory " to the Being he had described as in His very nature " the effulgence of the divine glory,"" and for that very reason it may be a matter of Indif- ference to us whether he has done so or not. Nor Is m…

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THE WITNESS OF THE APOCALYPSE

13 Dr. Vos {Princeton Theological Revieiu, July, 1907, p. 432), supposes the use of the simple ' priest ' to be due in general to the appeal to Ps. no (5^" being exceptional), while 'High Priest' is the real preference of the author, resting on a reference in his mind to the entrance of the High Priest into the Holy of…

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Conceptions jj- requires little scrutiny of its contents, however, to assure us that this is true only of its form. In the matter of the designations it applies to our Lord, for example, the cursory reader is impressed by their novelty and astonished by the richness of their sugges- tion; but on analyzing their content…

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3 Such a phrase as i] xuptaxy] rjiiipa could not have been framed unless Jesus had been to His followers ' the Lord ' by way of eminence. Cf. I Cor ii-°, 'the Lord's Supper.' The Witness of the Apocalypse 289 descriptive adjuncts which give it its very highest connotation. Our Lord's own ' Son of Man,' how- ever, has…

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him much the status of a proper name, and suggested itself as a designation of Jesus even when the mind of the writer was dwelling on other aspects of His work than that most closely symbolized by this title.' There could be no more striking indication of the high significance the writer attached to the sacrificial dea…

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Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth' (i^) unites already nearly all forms of designating Him employed in the book. Here Is the simple name, the recognition of His dependableness, and the ascription to Him of the Inauguration of life and of universal sovereign…

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" inner connection between the divine predicates and the historical individual who bears them " is lacking. ^^ In point of fact these divine predicates are there; and whether the seer means anything by them may be safely left to the reader to decide. Jesus is represented as emphatically as God Himself, as the living on…

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18 Cf. T. C. Porter in Hastings' B. D., iv., 263 a: "While angels are classed with men, Christ is classed with God ; and various titles and expressions carry us beyond not only the Messianic but also the angelogical speculations of Judaism. He is once called 'the Son of God' (z^^, but see also 2^^ S^'*-"^, cf. i^ 14I) …

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We have already remarked that the Christian com- munity cannot be supposed to have formed and im- And Something niovably fixed in their hearts the con- More than His viction that their Lord was divine Teaching without evidence — much evidence — convincing evidence. We have also pointed out that the primary item of this…

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And so, in fact, is the mere fact that He made these claims. We have seen that the fact that He made Not Supposable these claims is not only asserted by all that Jesus made His followers, but is safeguarded by False Claims the;,- faith in His deity, which were in- explicable without it. But it is evident that He could …

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Advocate (the), 193; See Paraclete. Advocate with the Father, 220. Alpha and Omega (the), 292, 295. Amen (the), the Faithful and True Witness, 290, 295. Apostle (the) and High Priest of our Confession, 281. Author ( dpxyjyo? ) of Life (the), 217; — of Salvation, 281; — • and Perfecter of our Faith, 281; — and Saviour, …

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of the House, House-Master. Loved us (He that) and loosed us from our sins, 289. Man, 180, 218, 246 [288]. — Man Child, 288. Master (iTrcffTdrrj?) , 3, 99, loo, 125. See Guide ( xaeriYr,rri^ ), Teacher ( (Jr^rftrza/io?) , Despot (^effTrorij?), Master of the House or House-Master {oixobta-KOTr^fi). Master of the House (…

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Polycarp, Martyrdom of, 270 Swete, 6, 7'', 8, 12, 13, 16, 19, 22, Porter, T. C, 297 23, 40, 43, 47, 52, 244, 285, Preuschen, 171 290, 294' Rackham, 206, 208 Rashdall, 219 Renan, 302 Randall, 208 Riehm, 276, 278^ 279', 280^ 281 Riggenbach, E., 171, 173 Robinson, J. Armitage, I'i', 22^ 80, 84, 115, 222, 223, 24…

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