The Work of Incarnation - Fulfilling Israel's Sonship, Part One

The Scripture understands the incarnation as Israel's God taking up Israel's life and lot in order to renew Israel for the sake of its election and mission on behalf of the world. Jesus, then, was God's true Israel as true son, servant, disciple and witness. But in order to restore Israel in Himself, Jesus needed to fulfill Israel's sonship, even as the nation had failed to do. The forty-day wilderness ordeal was the fundamental proving out of Jesus' faithfulness as Yahweh's elect son, and this message is the first of three that examine that episode.