Detailed Summary for Theopolitan Mission | Carpenter by Monica

00:05 Human beings are made to be makers in order to make things that glorify and enhance the world, but the first human artifact, fig leaf aprons, separated Adam and Eve from one another and from God.

• God is a maker and created humans in his own image to make things.
• The first human artifact was fig leaf aprons made by Adam and Eve after their sin.
• The aprons separated Adam and Eve from one another and from God.

01:15 Human beings continue to use their creativity for destructive purposes, but Jesus aims to restore genuine making by imitating Noah, the first Godly maker in the Bible.

• After the fateful moment of God's creation of human beings, they continue to show creativity but use it destructively.
• Jesus aims to restore genuine making that was first demonstrated by Noah, the first Godly maker in the Bible.
• Adam and Eve were the first makers who made according to God's word and a revealed pattern.

02:32 Jesus remakes Humanity by living out the Heavenly pattern on Earth and in his death and Resurrection.

• Noah the carpenter foreshadows Jesus Christ, the true Carpenter.
• Jesus makes Humanity according to the Heavenly pattern.
• He lives a Divine life but in human terms, scripted by the pattern given to him in the scriptures.
• His death and Resurrection are in obedience to his father and according to the pattern.

03:47 Jesus, the carpenter of Nazareth, is reconstructing humanity according to the Heavenly pattern.

• The Heavenly pattern is replicated in the lives of Jesus' disciples and early church leaders.
• The restoration of the unity of humanity is central to this remaking of humanity.
• Jesus is breaking down the dividing wall between Jews and Gentiles and building a new Humanity that includes people from every tribe and tongue.