Journal: Journal of Dispensational Theology
Volume: JODT 28:77 (Autumn 2024)
Article: Editorial
Author: Anonymous

Editorial

The gospel message is that God formulated a plan allowing his Son to become fully man, yet He would unbound by a sin nature and the evil actions and thoughts which all members of Adam’s family possess and perform. Jesus became a true man — yet without sin — while always being true God. He would be able to accomplish the divine plan of redemption! He would be able to experience manhood completely while accomplishing that work. Jesus is the Promised One who would “bruise the head” of Satan and destroy his influence upon the earth at his second coming. He is the Anointed One of God who has been identified as the most unique person in the history of the world.

He is the prophesied Lamb of God who was born to die on the cross at Calvary, as a sinless substitute for depraved humanity, and thereby atone for the sins of humanity and remove the consequences of sin. He is the death-conquering Savior who rose literally from the dead and conquered sin and death once for all time, so that those who have been redeemed may be free from the slavery that sin and death maintain in the world. He is the Prince of Peace who will bring internal peace to those He has saved, and external peace when He returns a second time to establish his earthly reign on his father David’s throne.

He is God the Son who loved the world so much that He would lay aside the eternal glory and majesty that attended Him in heaven, to become a man, a servant, who would give his life to death in obedience to his Father’s will, so that those who believe in Him would receive his life for eternity. The Son of God became the Servant of God when He became the Son of Man. Fully God in his nature, He took to himself the full nature of humanity. Being fully God and fully man, Jesus Christ would be able to provide reconciliation in a manner that would satisfy the holy justice of God the Creator, and make provision for those who are in rebellion against God. Christ gave his life so by grace through faith in his work alone, the one trusting in Him will be with Him in the fullness of his glory for eternity.

How excellent to have three articles in the Autumn 2024 Journal of Dispensational Theology that communicate various aspects of Christ’s work as the image of God, the propitiation for sins, and the means by which He sacrificially bore humanity’s transgressions. Gary Gilley continued his series on Christian nationalism by explaining its postmillennial agenda. The variety of subjects addressed in the book reviews are helpful for discerning the times and identifying edifying works as believers await “the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.”

— Ron J. Bigalke, Ph.D.
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