Song Highlight: Christ the True and Better
This week's song highlight is Christ The True and Better by Matt Papa & Matt Boswell. This song is rich with Biblical Theology as it analyzes 4 characters from the Bible and reveals how they were types and shadows of the Christ to come. However, even though these Bible characters were vastly important, they all had their own shortcomings and imperfections. But not so with Christ. Christ is the true and perfect fulfillment of all these characters as He brings redemption to His people.
The song looks at how Christ was the better Adam being Son of God and Son of Man. Adam was tempted in the Garden and failed, thus launching mankind into a state of sin. But Christ, when He was tempted in the garden of Gethsemane, endured the Cross for the joy set before Him, giving life to all who trust in Him. The song then moves to Isaac and the story of Abraham’s test to offer him as a sacrifice. Just as Isaac, Abraham’s son of promise, ascended the altar on mount Moriah, so too Christ, the only son of God, ascended the cross at Golgotha. Yet unlike Isaac who was spared by God, Christ was not spared, thus paying the penalty of man’s sin before a Holy God. The next part of the song shifts to Moses, who God used to lead Israel out of slavery in Egypt and into the promise land. Though Moses on his own was unable to deliver God’s people nor enter the land of promise, Christ delivers the elect from the bondage of Sin through His death and resurrection. And it is Christ who leads His people home and will not lose one of His sheep. The last part of the song looks at David, the lowly shepherd turned into a mighty king. David defeated the enemies of God and established a kingdom in Israel for God’s people to live in peace and safety. Christ, our good shepherd, being David’s greater son, defeated the ultimate enemy of sin and death and will come again to restore all things in the new heaven and earth where He will reign as King and His Kingdom will have no end. The song is so glorious because it is His story and He is the perfect storyteller. All scripture points to Christ and thus He deserves all honor and Glory.
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