Revelation 1:13

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Revelation 1:13

4 Goel is a Hebrew term describing the person who is next of kin and his respective duties: to buy back what his poor brother has sold and cannot himself regain (Lev. Lev. 25:25-26); to avenge any wrong done to a next of kin, particularly murder (Num. Num. 35:19-27); to purchase land belonging to one deceased who was next of kin and to marry his widow and to raise up children for the deceased (Ru. Ru. 2:20; Ru. 4:14). Boaz, the kinsman-redeemer of the book of Ruth (Ru. Ru. 4:1) is a type of Christ as our kinsman-redeemer.

5 It is instructive to study the following parallels between Adam and Christ: 1) Adam was created in God’s image, Christ is the manifestation of God in the flesh; 2) Adam’s disobedience brought condemnation leading to death, Christ’s obedience brought justification leading to life; 3) Those who are ‘in Adam’ die, those who are ‘in Christ’ have eternal life (1Cor. 1Cor. 15:22); 4) Adam is the ‘son of God’ (Luke Luke 3:38) as is Christ (both were directly created by God); 5) All men are ‘born once’ in Adam, believers are ‘born again’ in Christ; 6) The first Adam became a living being (Gen. Gen. 2:7), the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit (1Cor. 1Cor. 15:45); 7) Adam is from the earth—made of dust (Gen. Gen. 2:7), Christ is from heaven; 8) Adam lost dominion, Christ regained it. 9) A tree bore Adam’s downfall, a tree bore Christ’s victory. 10) Adam’s body was animated by the breath of God (Gen. Gen. 2:7), the body of Christ is animated by the breath of God (1Cor. 1Cor. 12:13).

6 Richard Chenevix Trench, Commentary on the Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1861), 31.

7 Ibid., 32.

8 Some interpreters separate Daniel Dan. 10:1 into two separate passages, the first part (Daniel Dan. 10:1-9) being a vision of Christ and the second part (Daniel Dan. 10:10-21) involving an angelic being who required assistance (Dan. Dan. 10:13, Dan. 10:21). We believe several factors favor understanding the same heavenly being as being in view throughout the chapter.

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