Death, Resurrection, And Glorification The Man-Savior’S
DEATH, RESURRECTION,
AND GLORIFICATION
THE MAN-SAVIOR'S SEVENFOLD STATUS
IN HIS DEATH
When the Man-Savior died on the cross, He had a sevenfold status. This means that He died as the Lamb of God (John 1:29), a man in the flesh, a man in the old creation, the serpent (John 3:14), the Firstborn of all creation (Col. 1:15), the Peacemaker (Eph. 2:15), and a grain of wheat (John 12:24).
A simple way to remember the aspects of the Man-Savior's sevenfold status in His death is to recall the three aspects mentioned in the Gospel of John. First we are told that Christ was the Lamb of God who took away the sin of the world; second, that He was typified by the brass serpent; and third, that He was the grain of wheat that fell into the ground and died. The Lamb of God took away our sin, the One typi fied by the brass serpent destroyed the old ser pent, Satan, and the grain of wheat released the