From the glories of heaven incessantly praised by angels, willingly and purposefully submitting to the humility of vulnerability and dependence as a baby, pains of bruised knees, cut fingers, hunger and thirst, conflicts, turmoil, misunderstood, disrespected, denied, accused, rejected, falsely condemned, suffered, died, descended, raised, ascended, seated, “highly exalted” because He emptied Himself, “becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” Brothers and Sisters in Christ, this is nothing short of positional and experiential whiplash: exalted…humbled…highly exalted, and all for our good. We joyously add praise to His name for His grand and gracious rescue!
Question 31: What do we mean by Christ’s humiliation?
Answer: By Christ’s humiliation we mean that he was born, and that in a low condition; that he was made under the law, and underwent the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; that he was buried, and continued under the power of death for a time.
Luke 2:7; Galatians 4:4; Isaiah 53:3; Luke 22:44; Matthew 12:40; 27:46; Philippians 2:8; Mark 15:45-6.
Question 32: What do we mean by Christ’s exaltation?
Answer: By Christ’s exaltation we mean his rising again from the dead on the third day, ascending up into heaven, sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and coming to judge the world at the last day.
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