Timothy J. Bertolet. The Obedience of Sonship: Adamic Obedience and the Heavenly Ascension in Hebrews. Fontes Press.
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"The ascension of Jesus in the book of Hebrews remains an understudied
theme in the scholarly literature on Hebrews. This study explores the
relationship between the Sonship of Christ and his ascension in the book
of Hebrews. Wading into recent debates by scholars over the nature
Hebrews’ Christology, this study argues that Hebrews 1 and 2 show the
Son is both divine and human. As divine, the Son radiates the glory of
God, and that glory is put on display in the ascension. Equally, as the
incarnate human, the Son fulfills the telos of humanity in his
ascension where he is “crowned with glory and honor” and becomes the
first human to participate in the age to come, having effected this
transition of the ages. He ascends as the glorified eschatological man
as a forerunner for the “sons of glory.” This aspect of Hebrews’
presentation of the Son can rightly be called a “Second-Adam
Christology.” The Son fulfills the human vocation through his cries with
loud tears in an exercise of Adamic-Davidic obedience and faithfulness.
The Son’s trust in the Father through his suffering qualifies him to
receive the eschatological glory of Adam and ascend up to the divine
throne. Thus, for Hebrews, the Son’s ascension both confirms the Son’s
fulfillment of humanity’s destiny and reveals the Son’s divine identity."
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