Wednesday, March 5, 2008
This just randomly has popped into my thoughts this week. I have been thinking about the time Jesus was baptized by John and afterwards what God said. "This is my son, whom I love and am well pleased!" What does that really mean? Why was God pleased with Jesus at that exact moment? Why didn't God say those words as Jesus hung on the cross? Also, the dove that came down, does that mirror the dove that left the ark to find dry land? I have thinking and begining to search for myself to find some type of answer. I know that God puts little jewels of mystery all through his word, and I LOVE to find them. There is so much we miss and look past in his word. I am not sure why I am so drawn to this but maybe God has something for me to find. Sometimes, the answers are not what they seem. "This is my son, whom I love and am well pleased!" There is something there..I can feel it. Think about it!
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Dear Cindy. Loved your blog. I have 2 boys, grown now (21 and 19, both in college -- one near home and one away).
Oh, the passage in the Bible you were talking about, "this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.."
Well, that passage is a perfect picture of the Trinity: The Father (the voice from heaven); the Son (Jesus -- God in the flesh); and the Holy Spirit (the dove).
Although the word "Trinity" does not appear in the Bible, the concept does. It is a basic tenet of Christianity, along with others (virgin birth, resurrection of Christ, etc.).
The dove in scripture usually sybolizes the Holy Spirit. That passage you inquired about does not have anything to do with Noah's ark, that I know.
The N.T. emphasis always points to Jesus -- "my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased".
Or on the Mount of Transfiguration (Luke 9:28-35): Peter and John saw Jesus with Moses and Elijah.
Moses symbolized the Law, and Elijah symbolized the Prophets. God said, "This is my beloved Son: hear him." This showed the preeminance of Jesus over and above the Law and the Prophets.
Everything in the Bible points to Jesus, in one way or another.
The reason God did not say, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased," when Jesus was on the cross, is because when Jesus was on the cross, He was the object of God's wrath.
(II Corinthians 5:21 -- "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who new no sin (Jesus knew no sin); that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.)
Jesus became the object of God's wrath in our place (another basic tenet of Christianity). He became sin for us and bore God's wrath for us. That is why God did not say that He was pleased with Jesus at that time. He was the object of God's wrath at that time, for us.
My husband is a pastor (Assemblies of God, although we are presently "trying out" for a Baptist church).
I have a blog: Civilla's Cyber Cafe.
Hope my little "Bible lesson" helped!
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