One of the earliest Christian confessions—that Jesus is Messiah and Lord—has long been recognized throughout the New Testament. Joshua Jipp shows that the New Testament is in fact built upon this foundational messianic claim, and each of its primary compositions is a unique creative expansion of this common thread. Having made the same argument about the Pauline epistles in his previous book Christ Is King: Paul’s Royal Ideology, Jipp works methodically through the New Testament to show how the authors proclaim Jesus as the incarnate, crucified, and enthroned messiah of God.

In the second section of this book, Jipp moves beyond exegesis toward larger theological questions, such as those of Christology, soteriology, ecclesiology, and eschatology, revealing the practical value of reading the Bible with an eye to its messianic vision. The Messianic Theology of the New Testament functions as an excellent introductory text, honoring the vigorous pluralism of the New Testament books while still addressing the obvious question: what makes these twenty-seven different compositions one unified testament?

Table of Contents

Introduction: Jesus is the Messiah of God

Part One: The Messianic Testimony of the New Testament

     1. The Son of David Who Saves His People from Their Sins

     2. The Powerful, Humiliated Son of God and the Kingdom of God

     3. The Messianic King and the Hope of Israel

     4. The Kingdom and the Glory of the Messiah

     5. The Messianic Christology of the Apostle Paul

     6. Participating in the Rule of the Messianic King (Part I)

     7. Participating in the Rule of the Messianic King (Part II)

     8. The Suffering and Enthronement of the Messianic Son of God as Foundation for Humanity’s Salvation

     9. Sharing in the Battle of the Triumphant Lamb

Part Two: The Messianic Theology of the New Testament

     10. Scripture

     11. Christology

     12. Soteriology

     13. Sanctification and Ecclesiology

     14. Politics, Power, and Eschatology