Paul, who was sharply critical of human philosophy and so-called worldly wisdom, insisted that the wisdom of God is revealed in the Christ crucified—not in abstract speculation, but in the suffering and obedience of the Son, whose exaltation came through death and resurrection. This cruciform wisdom unveils the true nature of the Son: not as a co-equal deity in essence, but as the perfectly faithful human who learned through suffering, submitted to a will greater than his own, endured unto death, and was then raised and glorified by the power of the Father. This is the Jesus the New Testament presents: fully human, fully obedient, and forever exalted—made immortal by the Father, and destined to bring his followers into the same glorified humanity.
