When does the humiliation of Jesus end, formally, and the exaltation begin?

You know, systematic theologians are always interested in the fact that the life of Jesus

follows a basic progression from humiliation to exaltation.

It's not an absolute straight-up line because there are breakthroughs of moments of exaltation

such as the transfiguration during his earthly ministry.

But the general pattern, the general movement, is from humiliation to exaltation.

But the great debate always says, when does the humiliation end, formally, and the exaltation begin?

When they ask people that usually they say, well, with the resurrection, of course, no.

It ends with the burial.

I will not allow my holy one to seek corruption.

The standard procedure for the burial of an executed criminal in Jerusalem

was to be taken out and thrown in Gehenna, which was the name of the garbage dump that was kept burning

all the time, perpetually, even to this day, outside of Jerusalem.

And they would take the convicted and executed criminal and take his body

and rather than give it the dignity of a funeral with fragrant murs and allows and spices.

They just throw it on the garbage heap and then throw it in the potter's field.

The ignomy of that.

But God drew the line there after the death. It was finished.

And all of a sudden, for some strange reason, the body is given over to Joseph of Fire, a very wealthy man,

who owns his own real estate, who owns this massive burial ground, this sepulchre.

And Jesus' body is anointed with spices, and he is buried with the rich in splendor.

That was the first clue that God wasn't going to stay silent forever about this.

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