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In classical Greek, ‘apostle’ was used of an ambassador sent out on behalf of his country or king, of colonists sent to take civilisation into barbarian areas and even of ships sent on foreign service.

Jesus called Himself the Bridegroom. In the parable of the wise and foolish virgin (Matt. 25:1-13) the foolish were those who were not prepared for His coming. He also indicated to the disciples of John the Baptist that He was the bridegroom whom they should expect (Mk 9:14-15).

The Jewish people accepted that God would send them a king who would liberate them, politically, renew them personally and redeem them spiritually. He was the Messiah. The disciples and others recognized Jesus as the Messiah (Matt. 16:16).

In the Gospels this is twice transliterated from the Hebrew into the Greek (John 1:41; 4:25) but usually [...]

The title “Son of David” is one of the most frequent in the New Testament and is certainly the most Jewish, and the title most rooted in tradition, history, and theology.

Only once in the New Testament is Jesus called “Forerunner” (Heb. 6:20) but it is an interesting word requiring our attention.

Jesus is called Son of God, servant of God, image of God, form of God, fullness of God, mystery of God and other like terms, and on a number of occasions He is just called “God”.

In the New Testament the name Jesus is used some 600 times in the Gospels. ‘Jesus Christ’ is used only four times in the Gospels but over 100 times in the rest of the New Testament.

No one who has worked on an Australian sheep station could possibly see God’s tender loving care in the action of the shed hand who used his boot with oaths to kick the sheep into dip or into the pen.

The Book of Hebrews calls Jesus our High Priest and so strikes a keynote in that remarkable book (Heb. 2:17, 3:1, 4:14 – 15, 5:5, 10, 6:20, 7:26-28, 8:1, 9:11, 10:21). This is the major reference to Christ’s high priestly function in the Bible.

Any representation of God must be a living representation. Jesus is His only image.