Exaltation

Exaltation in scripture moves along two distinct lines: the Father's vindication and lifting up of Jesus to heavenly authority after his suffering, and the proud self-elevation of human rulers and ordinary people that God repeatedly brings low. The same verb stands behind both — what God grants to the obedient Son, he resists in those who arrogate it to themselves.

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