Wednesday, May 27, 2009

JESUS CHRIST, The Protagonist of Scripture


Is the point of Genesis the beginning or is it Christ? The central focus of the Scriptures is the Person of Jesus Christ. I believe that Jesus Christ is the most dynamic person in the entire Bible. The Book of Genesis does not take long to get to Jesus Christ. The word genesis means beginnings or origins. The author of Genesis is Moses and he wrote the first five books of the bible. So one would conclude that the point of the book of Genesis is about the origins. Which is correct, however it is about the origins of the Supremacy of Jesus Christ. Genesis 1:1 states, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." The Hebrew name for God is Elohim, that name in the Hebrew is plural. Genesis 1:2 states, "The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters." The question is Who is the Spirit of God? The New Testament is the commentary that answers this question. The Apostle Paul writes, "For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things were created through Him and for Him" (Colossians 1:16). The Apostle John is just as clear as he says, "All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men" (John 1:3-4). The New Testament is straight forward that Jesus is the One who created all things. So what is the point? I believe that Moses is trying to get to us to Jesus Christ by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (John 16:12-15). Jesus Christ is the message of the whole meta-narrative. He is the Protagonist of Scripture

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