Jesus the Apostle [CB]
Written by Mark Van Steenwyk : September 21, 2004
As a way of tempering my last entry, and as a response to Mark’s question, POOF! my latest blog.
Hebrews 3.1-2 says this: “Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess. He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.” What struck me as unique about this passage is the reference to Jesus as an apostle. But if we believe in the axioms of a missional church, that as the Father sent the Son, so he has sent us, and we remember the true etymology of the word ‘apostle’ as one who is sent, it makes sense to refer to Jesus as an apostle. And as a high priest was in many ways the center of political life for Israel, so an apostle was the ambassador of those politics to other nations. Our role as churchmen and churchwomen is to be priests of our city, that is, politicians of the civic life of heaven. But we must also remember to be apostles, ambassadors of the politics of the Way, continuing the mission of Jesus, our apostle and high priest. In this way, I think we ought to redefine church politics.
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