Question 42. Why is our Mediator called Christ?

 

Question 42. Why is our Mediator called Christ?

Answer. Because our Mediator was called Christ, because in his state of humiliation and exaltation he was anointed with the Holy Spirit beyond measure, and was consecrated and filled with all authority and power, to execute the offices of prophet, priest, and king in his church.

 

Christ (Messiah) means the anointed one. In the Old Testament, oil was poured when a king, priest, or prophet was appointed. Oil symbolizes the Spirit of God, and when the oil was poured, the Spirit of God descended, and the person was distinguished as a person of God. Therefore, in the Old Testament, the anointed person was distinguished as a person who did God's work. The people of Israel had prophesies from the mouths of the prophets that the Messiah would come as a descendant of David, and Jesus is the Messiah, Christ.

The Son of God, the mediator, stands as a mediator between God and sinners, but Christ stands as a mediator who has completed the mediation. The Son of God and the Son of Man, Jesus, are shown as mediators, but Christ is the one whose mediation is completed, and who allows those who abide in his promise to enter into Christ. The phrase “in Christ” appears, and “in Christ” means that Christ has reconciled sinners with God through mediation. It means that mediation has already been completed. Those who agree to the agreement that mediates between God and sinners become those who are in Christ.

So Christ forgives the sins of those who come in, and judges those who do not come in. Mark 14:60-62 "The high priest stood up in their midst and asked Jesus, 'Do you not answer? What do these testify against you?' But he remained silent and answered nothing. Then the high priest asked him again, 'Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?' Jesus answered him, 'I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.'"

 

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