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In this final volume of a four-volume series, Michael Horton explores the origin, mission, and destiny of the church through the lens of covenantal theology. Arguing that the history of Israel and the covenant of grace provide the proper context for New Testament ecclesiology, Horton then shows how the church is constituted through the ascension of Christ, the Pentecost, and the Parousia and how...
In a covenantal model, the hypostatic union of deity and humanity in Christ is distinguished from the mystical union of the church with its head.197 Christ is the federal head of his body, rather than the corporate personality. The person and work of Christ then and there, completed once and for all, is in no way extended or completed by the church; nevertheless, the Spirit’s work here and now is just as crucial if there is to be an actual union with Christ and his benefits. Whether by overly inflated
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