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Seven-fold Humiliation of Christ
His Seven-fold Exaltation
(1) The Name above every name
(1) He emptied Himself (made Himself
of no reputation
(2)
Every knee shall bow
(2) Became a bond slave
(3)
Things in heaven
(3) Likeness of a man
(4)
Things in earth
(4) Fashioned as a man
(5)
Things under the earth
(5) He humbled Himself
(6)
Every tongue shall confess
(6) Obedient unto death
(7)
Jesus Christ is LORD
(7) Even the death of the cross
Many are the interpretations of this passage, and one might well be daunted in trying
to ascertain the correct one, but we remember that the words used must have a definite
meaning and have been within the comprehension of the Philippians, otherwise their
important teaching would have been valueless.