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Article Title
The Son of David and the Spirit of Wisdom
Abstract
What role does God’s wisdom play in the life and work of Jesus Christ? The traditional answer that most Nicene Christian theologians have given is that the person of the divine Logos, who is eternally begotten of the Father and incarnate in the person of Jesus, simply is God’s wisdom without further discussion.1 This answer is consistent with an orthodox Logos Christology. I will argue in this paper, however, that this answer, while helpful, is incomplete, and that Spirit Christology can help to illuminate a complementary model within Scripture for how divine wisdom is related to the person of Christ. This model deepens the understanding of Christ’s typological fulfillment of the OT while also giving new dimension to the Spirit’s role in the life of Christ and his followers.
