“Christ in All Things Has the Preeminence”

Abstract As an artful theologian, Edwards expressed his Christological focus in his millennialism with both literary and typological strategies. He intentionally structured his HWR to communicate his Christocentric concerns in the whole process of the establishment, expansion, and consummation of the millennial kingdom. Edwards applied both a Christological and natural typology to communicate his Christology in the preparation and realization of the millennial kingdom. He was both traditional and innovative in the literary and typological expressions of his Christology. While Edwards was deeply embedded in the Reformed tradition, he often developed an innovative way of expressing his unique and creative insights into Christ’s centrality in his millennialism. In his literary and typological readings of Scripture, nature, and history, Edwards enriched and enlarged the Reformed tradition rather than breaking with it.