General Titles of Our Lord

This term has been used by theologians to describe the various characters of our Lord's redemptive work. Many appellative and metaphorical titles are found in Scripture for Christ, designative of His Divine and human natures and His work: God (Joh 20:28); Lord (Mat 22:43, Mat 22:14); Word (Joh 1:1, Joh 1:14); Son of God (Mat 3:17; Luk 1:35; Col 1:15; 1Jo 5:20); Firstborn from the dead (Col 1:18); Beginning of the Creation of God (Rev 3:14); Image of God (2Co 4:4); Express Image of His Person (Heb 1:3 the King James Version); Alpha and Omega (Rev 1:8; Rev 22:13); Son of Man (Mat 8:20; Joh 1:51; Act 7:56); Son of David (Mat 9:27; Mat 21:9); Last Adam (1Co 15:45, 1Co 15:47); Captain of Salvation (Heb 2:10 margin) ; Saviour (Luk 2:11; Joh 4:42; Act 5:31); Redeemer (Isa 59:20; Tit 2:14); Author and Perfecter of Faith (Heb 12:2); Light of the World (Joh 8:12); Lamb of God (Joh 1:29, Joh 1:36); Creator of all things (Joh 1:3, Joh 1:10); Mediator (1Ti 2:5); Prophet (Deu 18:15; Luk 24:19); Great High Priest (Heb 4:14); King (Luk 1:33; Rev 17:14; Rev 19:16); Way, Truth and Life (Joh 14:6). These and many others express the mediatorial office of the Lord. As mediator, He stands between God and Man, revealing the Father to man, and expressing the true relation of man to God. The term (Greek μεσιτης, mesites), moreover, signifies messenger, interpreter, advocate, surety or pledge in Gal 3:19, Gal 3:20, where a covenant is declared to be assured by the hand of one who intervenes. Thus the covenant is confirmed and fulfilled by Him who secures that its stipulations should be carried out, and harmony is restored where before there had been difference and separation (1Ti 2:5; Heb 8:6; Heb 9:15; Heb 12:24). Thus is expressed the purpose of God to redeem mankind by mediation.

This biblical study was taken from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co