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야고보서 2:1
The early speeches in Acts reveal a primitive stage of theological reflection. Yet they are essentially Christocentric. (a) It is the Messianic Kingship of Christ that is chiefly emphasized. The main thesis is that Jesus is the Messiah (the “anointed one”; cf Acts 4:27; 10:38), and that His Messiahship was realized in the crucifixion and attested by the resurrection. An important feature is the use of the title “Servant” for Christ (3:13, 26; 4:27, 30; cf 8:30–5), in evident reference to the Suffering Servant of Deutero-Isa. In the phrase, “thy holy Servant … whom thou didst anoint,” coming immediately after the Messianic quotation, “against the Lord, and against his Anointed” (4:26 f), we have a concise instance of that coalescing of the idea of the Messiah with that of the Suffering Servant which gave the Messianic idea an entirely new meaning. As Messiah, Jesus was the sole Mediator of salvation (4:12). (b) Another OT type which finds its fulfilment in Jesus is that of the “prophet like unto” Moses (3:22; 7:37: cf Dt 18:15, 18). (c) But the priestly functions of Christ are not explicitly touched on. The questions are not faced, What is the God-ward significance of His death? How is it effective for man’s salvation? It is rather the man-ward significance that is made explicit, i.e. Jesus as Messiah mediates salvation to men from His place of exaltation at the right hand of God. Yet the germs of a God-ward mediation are found in the identification of the Messiah with the Suffering Servant.
(2) Epistles of James and Jude.—In these epp. the doctrine of Christ’s mediation does not occupy a prominent place. To James, Christianity is the culmination of Judaism. Christ’s mediatorial functions are set forth more by way of presupposition than by explicit statement, and the whole weight is laid on the kingly and prophetic offices. The Messiahship of Jesus is assumed to such an extent that the title “Christ” has become part of the proper name, and His Lordship is also implied (1:1; 2:1). Nothing definite is said of His function
