What Jesus Meant by “The Last Will Be First”
Who gets to be initially? Trace the style of the firstborn through the story of the Bible and discover how God overturns human systems and redefines power as love.
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00:00 The right of the firstborn in human history
00:35 God offers younger brother or sisters the bequest in the Bible
01:21 Israel chooses Saul and God picks David
01:38 God turns power and status upside-down
01:53 Sibling rivalries over who gets to be
02:36 Jesus as the firstborn of all development
03:21 A poem about how Jesus redefined power
03:50 Jesus becomes the firstborn from among the dead
04:24 Jesus’ followers become the family of the firstborn
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Who gets to be? Trace the style of the firstborn through the story of the Bible and find how God redefines and reverses human systems power as love.
