Who Is This Man?
A Christological Study in Four Parts
Four Christological titles in sequence, each traced from its Old Testament origin through the prophets and psalms to its New Testament fulfillment and its final appearance in the Revelation.
The four are ordered so that the last interprets the rest.
The Servant reveals how the King reigns, how the Son of Man wins His dominion, and how the Lamb takes away sin.
The four sessions
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Session one · Sunday, December 27
Son of David
2 Samuel 7 · Isaiah 11 · Psalm 110 · Psalm 89 · Romans 1 · Revelation 22:16
The most politically charged title in the New Testament, at once a royal claim and a messianic one. The royal-Davidic thread is traced from Nathan’s oracle in 2 Samuel 7 through Isaiah 11, Psalm 110, and Psalm 89, into Matthew’s genealogy and the question about David’s Lord, Romans 1, and finally Revelation 22:16.
The most politically charged title in the New Testament, at once a royal claim and a messianic one.
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Session two · Sunday, January 3
Son of Man
Daniel 7:9–14 · Psalm 8 · Ezekiel 2 · Mark 14 and 10 · Revelation 1 and 14
The title Jesus used of Himself more than any other, over eighty times in the Synoptics, and the most puzzling. Its surface sense is simply “mortal,” yet Daniel 7:9–14 supplies the key: one like a son of man approaches the Ancient of Days and receives an everlasting dominion. Traced through Psalm 8, Ezekiel 2, Mark 14 and 10, the Johannine sayings, and Revelation 1 and 14.
The title Jesus used of Himself more than any other, and the most puzzling.
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Session three · Sunday, January 10
Lamb of God
Isaiah 53 · 1 Corinthians 5 · 1 Peter 1 · Revelation 5
The title that most directly links the Levitical system to the person and work of Christ. The class gathers the threads John the Baptist draws together: the ram that replaced Isaac, the Passover lamb, the Day of Atonement, and the silent lamb of Isaiah 53, carried forward through 1 Corinthians 5 and 1 Peter 1 to the Lamb on the throne in Revelation 5.
The title that most directly links the Levitical system to the person and work of Christ.
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Session four · Sunday, January 17
Servant of the Lord
The four Servant Songs · Matthew 12 · Acts 8
The title that explains what the others mean in practice. All four Servant Songs are read together with Matthew 12, the Philippians hymn, and the Ethiopian’s question in Acts 8. The class moves from studying titles to beholding the suffering, and sets up the Lenten series that will take the Servant Songs one at a time.
The title that explains what the others mean in practice.
Why this order
The four titles are ordered so that the last interprets the rest. Son of David names the King; Son of Man names the figure who receives the everlasting dominion; Lamb of God names the sacrifice. Only then does the Servant show what the kingship, the dominion, and the sacrifice actually look like in practice.
The series closes by moving from studying titles to beholding the suffering, and it sets up the Lenten series that will take the Servant Songs one at a time.
What to bring
A Bible. Every session comes with a printable student guide, free to download here or handed to you at the door.
Questions about attending? Write to Scott Jones at [email protected].
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