God the Peacemaker 6B
Chapter Six: The death and vindication of the faithful Son (cont.)
As we return from a European holiday, it was again striking surveying the artwork of so many churches – a near non-existent expression of the resurrection of Jesus.
And in our own verbal expression of Christ’s atoning work, we too can sometimes underplay the criticality of the resurrection and its consequences.
But our author of God the Peacemaker, although not providing an extended treatment of the resurrection, points to its significance. Jesus has been raised from the dead (1Cor 15:20), He is enthroned at the Father’s right hand as Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36; Heb 1:3).
Christ’s sacrifice stands vindicated; evil does not have the final word. Graham Cole concludes Chapter Six with;
“The great news of the gospel is that the faithful Son is vindicated and His sacrifice divinely vindicated.”
I have previously highlighted too fuller treatments of the vindication of the Son – Raised with Christ by Adrian Warnock (chapter 9) and especially The Saving Righteousness of God by Michael Bird (chapter 3).
The Lord Jesus is risen from the dead and the shockwave from this cosmos impacting event will one day be clearly seen as the New Heaven and New Earth is ushered in. What a Saviour!