# “The perfect Savior” by Herman Bavinck

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- Published: 2013-02-18T16:00:02-06:00
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“It is specifically Christ who is appointed by the Father to bring about the end
of the history of humankind and the world. And He is appointed to this role because
He is the Savior, the perfect Savior. The work He completed on earth is only a part
of the great work of redemption He has taken upon Himself.

And the time He spent here is only a small part of the centuries over which He is
appointed as Lord and King. Anointed by the Father from all eternity, He began to
engage in His prophetic, priestly, and royal activity immediately after sin came
into the world. He continued that activity throughout all the revolving centuries
since.

And one day, at the end of the times, He will complete it. That which He acquired
on earth by His suffering and death He applies from heaven by His word and the working
of His Spirit; and that which He has thus applied, He maintains and defends against
all the assaults of Satan, in order one day, at the end, to present it without spot
or wrinkle, in total perfection, to His Father who is in heaven.

Accordingly, the return of Christ unto judgment is not an arbitrary addition that
can be isolated from His preceding work and viewed by itself. It is a necessary 
and indispensable component of that work. It brings that work to completion and 
crowns it.

It is the last and highest step in the state of His exaltation. Because Christ is
the savior of the world, He will someday return as its judge.”

–Herman Bavinck, [_Reformed Dogmatics, Volume 4: Holy Spirit, Church, and New Creation_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0801026571?tag=toletaupanre-20).
Ed. John Bolt and Tr. John Vriend (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008), 685.

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