I Love the New Creation Imagery

Baptism is going to be a son of death. Paul will make that point in Romans 6 verse 3. Jesus is recapping the Old Testament being fulfilled. The story of Israel, the story of the scriptures are being fulfilled in him. It's really remarkable. And I love that you highlighted the Isaac imagery, which is so subtle. But someone like Matthew who is a devout Jew wouldn't miss that. Especially with his introduction as a prologue of the son of David,. Son of David was Solomon. And then you have the son of Abraham. And of course, the son of Abram is Isaac. Here you get this Isaac imagery because Jesus' baptism is going to foreshadow his