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Vocabulary for Lesson 6 (Vocab Quiz/Test 2c)
Write each bold word in the Vocabulary section of your notebook with room for a 2-3 line definition.
- the descent into hell
- The first event in Christ's glorification and exaltation,
when He descended bodily to preach His victory over Satan and all his hellish
powers.
- the resurrection
- That Jesus Christ the Son of God was raised bodily to life
again on the third day after His death. The physical proof that Jesus' death
upon the cross paid the price for sins, and the concrete proclamation of the
forgiveness of sins to the world—that "as in Adam all die, even so in Christ
all shall be made alive" (1 Corinthians 15:22).
- justification (verb: to justify)
- The legal declaration by God that the sinner is "not guilty," but righteous for Jesus' sake.
- the exaltation of Christ
- That Christ is glorified above all things by the Father for
having completed the work of salvation in His incarnation, suffering, and
death. In this state His divine power and glory are no longer hidden as they
were in His humiliation.
- the Ascension of our Lord
- The event in Christ's exaltation, forty days after His
resurrection, which marked the beginning of His session at the right hand of
God the Father as head over all things for the sake of His church.
- the right hand of God
- Jesus' position of authority from the Father to reign over all things for the sake of His church.