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  Question 51. What is the exaltation of Christ? Answer. The exaltation of Christ includes His resurrection, ascension, sitting at the right hand of the Father, and His return to judge the world.   Philippians 2:9-11 “ Therefore God has highly exalted him and given him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. ” En toe ono-nomati Jesus means “ in the name of Jesus. ” Since Jesus ’ name is Jesus, the translation is incorrect. The exaltation of Christ is because of the name Jesus. Matthew 1:21 “ And she will bring forth a Son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. ” So Jesus died on the cross to atone for the sins of all people in the world. Matthew 1:23 "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and th...

  Question 50. How was Christ's humiliation accomplished after his death? Answer. Christ's humiliation after his death was that he was buried and continued in the state of the dead, and was under the power of death until the third day; which is expressed in another way as his descent into hell.   It is said that after Jesus died on the cross and before his resurrection, he went to prison in spirit and preached to the spirits. 1 Peter 3:18 "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the Spirit." Jesus not only died on the cross in the form of a servant, but also knocked on the door of the heart to save all the people in the world. The prison metaphorically represents the spirit being imprisoned in the body. He knocked on the door of the heart to awaken the spirit. John 5:25 “ Very truly I tell you, an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voi...

  Question 49. How did Christ humble himself in his death? Answer. Christ humbled himself in his death, in being betrayed by Judas, forsaken by his own disciples, mocked and rejected by the world, condemned by Pilate, suffering under persecutors, struggling with the fear of death and the powers of darkness, feeling and enduring the terrible wrath of God, laying down his life a sacrifice for sin, and enduring the pains, shame, and cursed death of the cross. Matthew 27:28-30 “ And they stripped him of his clothes and put a scarlet robe on him. Then they platted a crown of thorns and put it on his head. And they put a reed in his right hand. Then they knelt before him and mocked him, saying, ‘ Hail, King of the Jews! ’ Then they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. ” Jesus did not humble himself before the death on the cross, which was condemned by the Jewish leaders as a blasphemer, but humbled himself before the justice of God. And he endured and endured ...

  Question 48. How did Christ humble himself in his earthly life? Answer. Christ humbled himself in his earthly life by submitting to the law and fulfilling it perfectly, which is common to human nature, but especially by colliding with the insults of the world, the temptations of Satan, and the infirmities of the flesh, which followed his humiliation.   Jesus died on the cross according to the law, but he did not fulfill the law by obeying the law. It is true that Jesus fulfilled the law by dying on the cross, but he obeyed the word of God, not the law. Jesus also acted against the law many times during his life. In theological terms, scholars say that active obedience means that Christ kept the law for sinners as a condition of obtaining eternal life, and passive obedience means that Christ suffered by paying the penalty for sin and paying the debt of all his people. So, Christ's subjection to suffering and death is part of his active obedience, and Christ's living i...

  Question 47. How did Christ humble himself in his conception and birth? Answer. Christ humbled himself in his conception and birth; that is, although he was the Son of God the Father, yet when the fullness of time had come, he was conceived and born of a woman of lowly condition, and became the Son of Man, and in many ways he became lower than ordinary men.   Luke 2:12 “ And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. ” As prophesied in Micah 5, Jesus was born in Bethlehem, wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. Jesus was born secretly and shabbily in a stable. His cradle was a manger, a feeding trough for animals. The baby Jesus in the manger was called a sign. A sign is something that shows what will happen in the future through a certain fact. It is the death on the cross. Isaiah 53:2-3 For he grew up before him like a tender plant, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no form or comelines...

  Question 46. What was the state of Christ's humiliation? Answer. The state of Christ's humiliation was that he laid aside his glory for us, took upon him the form of a servant, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born of the Virgin Mary, lived on earth, was crucified, died, and was resurrected after his death.   Concerning Christ's humiliation, he was made in the very nature of God, taking the very nature of a servant and becoming obedient to death. Philippians 2:6-8 Who, being in the very nature of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death - even the death of the cross. Christ's humiliation was made human, and he calls himself the Son of Man. The Son of Man is born with a sinful body that was passed down from the first man. Jesus Christ is sinless, bu...