Pastor Jeremiah Johnston reflects on Hebrews 10:5-7, a conversation between Jesus and God at the incarnation of Christ. Jesus, Johnston said, brought 'true peace' to the world.
'When Christ came into the world, he said: 'Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; in holocausts and sin offerings you took no delight. Then I said, 'As is written of me in the scroll, behold, I come to do your will, O God''' . These verses are from the New Testament's Epistle to the Hebrews. They're Jesus' first words at Christmastime, Jeremiah J. Johnston, PhD, told Fox News Digital.
Johnston is an elected member of the New Testament scholarly guild Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, president of the Christian Thinkers Society and pastor of apologetics and cultural engagement at Perstonwood Baptist Church in the Dallas area. 'The scriptures reveal a conversation between Jesus and God at His incarnation,' he said. 'Quoting Psalm 40:6-8, the author of Hebrews portrays the preexistent Christ speaking through the psalmist.
As much as 40% of the population lived in slavery,' Johnston said. 'The much-celebrated 'Pax Romana' failed to deliver true peace.' True peace was achieved in the world not through religious rituals or political power, but because Jesus followed God's will on behalf of humanity, he said.
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