Short Studies in Biblical Theology is a series edited
by Dane C. Ortlund and Miles V. Van Pelt. The purpose this series is to connect
the results of research in the academic field of biblical theology with
everyday believers. The ultimate aim is to mag-nify the Savior and build up his
church. This first volume fulfils this expectation.
In this volume the Australian Bible scholar Graeme
Golds-worthy traces the divine sonship from Adam, through the nation of Israel
and king David, and ultimately to Jesus Christ. The bottom line to his study is
that Jesus as Son of God is also God the Son, the eternal second person of the Godhead. But our salvation and eternal destiny
depend on his being the incarnate one who is revealed as Son of God.
Jesus, in het person and work sums up the pattern of
creation. Through his redemptive work the creation reaches its final destination
The consummation of this total regeneration is described in the book of
Revelation as resurrection and the new heaven and earth. So we get a view of
the final nature of the kingdom of God established by God the son and inherited
by all the adopted sons of God.
Graeme Goldsworthy, The Son of God and the New
Creation, Short Studies in Biblical Theology (Wheaton: Cross-way, 2015),
paperback 144 pp. $14,99 (ISBN 978-1-4335-5631-9).