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The goal of fallen man is self-deification, to be as God (Gen. 3:5), whereas the goal of redeemed man is to be God’s covenant man. Christ’s perfect humanity is our standard, not his deity. We cannot have Christ as our God if we will not have him as our true man, as our federal head. In the first Adam, we are born into sin and death; in the last Adam, we are born into justice or righteousness and...

because they believed Him to be the Messiah. Notice what these terms mean. “The Lamb of God” means the unblemished sacrifice for atonement; Jesus is thus recognized as the sin-bearer who makes atonement for the sins of His people. “The Messiah,” or Christ, means the anointed one who comes to exercise dominion. “King of Israel” indicates that Jesus, as the promised Son of David, is the great restorer of the Kingdom of God, the one who brings it to its full power. “The Son of God” tells us that the
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