ABSTRACT
Jesus, the man of Galilee, is “both Lord and Christ,” and the people’s confession of belief “in God” is forever altered. Further, the Spirit of God, long confessed but often in impersonal terms, was now seen to dwell in the very hearts of the Lord’s faithful – the “Advocate” the Messiah, had promised (cf. John 15:26). Even the name of God himself – which since the time of David had been sung out, “Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel … and blessed be his glorious name forever” (Psalm 72:18, 19) – was given a new dimension in the great charge of the Lord, retaining its singularity yet expressing a mysterious communion: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19).
