Christ

Everything in Scripture moves toward Jesus Christ and finds its meaning in him. He is not one figure among many in the Bible’s story; he is the one whom the whole story is about. The Law, the prophets, the sacrificial system, the priesthood, the Davidic covenant, the temple: all of it points forward to him. As Jesus himself says in John 5, “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me.”

The person of Christ is stated in the New Testament with precision: he is fully God and fully man. John 1 identifies him as the eternal Word who was with God and was God, through whom all things were created. The incarnation is not God becoming something other than God; it is the eternal Son of God taking on full human nature, being born of a woman, living under the Law, subject to hunger, weariness, suffering, and death. He is one person with two natures: divine and human. A saviour who was not truly God could not bear the infinite weight of sin, and a saviour who was not truly human could not represent and redeem mankind.

His work is summarised in his threefold office: prophet, priest, and king. As prophet he declares the word of God with final authority. As priest he offers himself as the once-for-all sacrifice for sin and intercedes permanently before the Father for his people. As king he rules over all things and will complete his kingdom at his return. The articles below trace Christ through several of the Old and New Testament passages that reveal his person and work.