"In the Servant is comprehended the Second Person in the Trinity; and in the Servant is comprehended Adam: that is to say, All-Man. And therefore when I say the Son, it meaneth the Godhead which is even with the Father; and when I say the Servant, it meaneth Christ's Manhood, which is rightful Adam."
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 51)
In the Parable God showed Julian, she learns that the Servant represents both Adam and Christ. Adam represents all humanity; Christ represents the true, rightful Adam. In other words, the humanity of Christ is true humanity, what humanity was created to be and what humanity truly is in its identity. We often see ourselves as descending from Adam, yet going farther back, we see that Adam descended from God! So the source of our identity goes farther back than Adam to Christ. We are sourced in Him, of the same family, in God the Father's image, so much so that Christ calls us His siblings. For Christ is the original blueprint of human life. So Christ is who we look to if we want to see what a true human is, what the original characteristics of humanity are. Christ shows us in His humanity that human nature is good, kind, fit for God. Human nature is not lowly or broken or incompatible with God; humanity is the perfect home for God to live in and for God's glory and love to fill and to flow from. We were unable to actively live out this holy purpose, because we were weakened and blinded by the fall, but Christ lived perfectly, filled with the Father's love and glory, being our representative Human. Christ is the picture of true humanity and lived the true human life perfectly for us. He brings about our salvation from sin and death so that noble human nature can be freed to live as it was always meant to live, in union with God, invigorated by God, filled with the fullness of God, knowing and being known by God, for Christ Himself, joined with us, lives this wonderful holy life within us and keeps us filled with God.
Jesus, who makes people holy, and all those who are made holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus isn’t ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.
Hebrews 2:11 (GW)
A Prayer: Thank You for being in me, living in me the holy life I could never live on my own!