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Suffering Servant

By David Maas
Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled the role of the Suffering Servant of  Isaiah . But unlike Adam, the “ Servant of Yahweh ” did not attempt to grasp the “ likeness of God .” Instead,  he humbled himself  and submitted to a shameful death on the cross. For this reason, God highly exalted him and made him “ Lord ” over all things. Exaltation did not precede his death - it followed it.
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The Living Word

By David Maas
The gospel of  John  identifies Jesus as the  Logos , the “ word ” by which God made all things, a key theme that is explicated in the body of the book. In doing so, John does not engage in metaphysical speculation but builds on traditional ideas from the Hebrew Bible about how Yahweh created the universe and gave life through His spoken word.
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