Of all the people who have ever lived Jesus was unique. Jesus was wholly human and wholly God at the same time with no mixing of the two natures. The Bible declares that Jesus was as much God as if he had never been human, and as much man as if he had never been God. This is known as the hypostatic union. That’s amazing! This was one of the miracles of the incarnation, along with the conception of Christ through the Holy Spirit. Jesus was a Spirit being in heaven before the incarnation. When the Son of God joined himself to a human body at Bethlehem it was an eternal arrangement. When Jesus ascended back to heaven he didn’t revert back to his original form as an invisible Spirit. Jesus will continue to manifest himself in his resurrected physical body throughout the ages. God knows Jesus can fellowship best with us in heaven when he looks like us. We’re unable to look upon the glory of God directly.
There are people in the world who don’t believe God came to earth in the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Let me inform everyone the incarnation was prophesied in the Bible ten times, twice in the Old Testament by the prophets Isaiah and Micah, and eight times in the New Testament by heavenly announcements to Mary, Joseph, Zacharias, Elizabeth, Simeon, Anna, the wise men and the shepherds:
Isaiah 7:14 – Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
Micah 5:2 – But you Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from old, from everlasting.
In addition to the ten prophesies about the incarnation of Jesus, the Bible contains at least another 60 prophecies surrounding the life of Jesus Christ and all 60 prophecies were fulfilled by the life of Jesus and documented as fact by Jewish and Roman historical records in addition to numerous eyewitness testimonies of that time in history that were recorded in the Bible. There are over 1,000 prophecies in the Holy Bible, 500 of which have been fulfilled and documented. God put these prophecies in his Word to prove he is God. Do you know how many prophecies have been fulfilled by all the other world religions throughout history combined? Zero. None. Why is that? Because they’re all fake. Do we have any actual historical records to validate the claims of any of the other fake religions? Nope. Do we have any eyewitness testimony confirming the truth of any of the other world religions? Nada. How can anyone believe the tenets of any religion where none of their claims are provable and there are no recorded miracles and no eyewitness testimony?
We have the ramblings of one person who started each fake religion for their own selfish reasons and we’re supposed to believe based on that? Give me a break. Christianity is the only religion with a proven set of facts, hundreds if not thousands of eyewitnesses, and 2,000 years of proof that Jesus has changed the lives countless millions of people around the world. It’s a slam dunk to me. What do you think? Don’t you think you ought to at least have a look? Maybe read the Holy Bible to see what all the fuss is about? Maybe go to church and really pay attention to what the pastor is saying? It might keep you out of the frying pan for a billion trillion years.
We know Jesus came down from heaven to die on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins so that man can be reconciled to God. We also know Jesus came to destroy the devil and his works by bringing salvation to man. God never does anything without a good reason, and in this case, there were at least eleven additional reasons for the incarnation of Jesus:
1. To reveal the invisible God
2. To fulfill prophecy
3. To guarantee the Davidic covenant
4. To provide the believer with a high priest
5. To provide an example for believers
1 Peter 2:21 – For this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps.
1 John 2:6 – He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
6. To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord
7. To heal the brokenhearted
8. To set at liberty the bruised
9. To escape the historical curse
Romans 5:12 – Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned.
10. To give life
John 3:36 – (Jesus speaking) – And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
11. To glorify God the Father
John 17:4 – (Jesus speaking) – I have glorified You on earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.
John 14:13 – (Jesus speaking) – And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.