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A Wonderful Quadruple Vision.
A lot has been written about why the Bible contains four seemingly repetitive gospels, and not one unified, widened and integrative gospel.
It is evident that such a rich and multifaceted character as that of our Lord Jesus Christ could only be expressed through the plural vision of several accounts. Somebody has said that in order to truly know the physiognomy of a stranger, four pictures from different angles are better than one taken from the front. In this case, having just one perspective of this particular vision would be absolutely insufficient. Two or three were not enough either; they had to be four, as we will see.
The four gospels show a quadruple vision of Christ. What principle does this follow? In the Bible, which is a perfect harmony, there is also a quadruple vision of living beings in Ezekiel and in Revelation, which harmonizes perfectly with this quadruple vision of the gospels. Thus, Christ is presented as the lion (the King), as the calf or ox (the Servant), as the man (the Son of man), and the eagle (the Son of God).
Yes; in Matthew, Christ is the King of kings that roars like a lion and whose word is authority; King by His own right, because He is the Creative and supportive being of all things. In Mark he is the Servant by antonomasia, who came to the earth, and doesn't stop to be served, but to serve, and to offer Himself on the altar as a perfect Calf. In Luke, Christ is found denominated as the Son of man, because he was the perfect man who embodies all those ideals that Adam didn't know how to fulfill. In John, Christ is declared to be the Son of God, who, as the eagle, flies into the heights, going up and soaring down, co-eternal with the Father, in that indescribable fellowship from before the world was.
In this quadruple vision of Christ, there is also a synthesis of two polarized couples. In Him, two seemingly irreconcilable extremes meet: the King and the Servant, and, God and Man.
Therefore, thanks to the four gospels, we can see Christ with these surprising perfections that we can now admire.