The incarnation of Jesus Christ is greatest of all miracles. That God should take on flesh is astonishing and marvelous! The distance between the Creator and the creature has been closed. Communion has been restored, though many reject this great gift.
The union of the human nature with the fully divine nature is uniquely found in Jesus, Emmanuel, God with us! By His incarnation God the Son has shown us God the Father.
He has shown us the way to the Father. It is by taking hold of Him by faith.
At his baptism, Jesus was revealed as the Beloved Son whose authority we are to embrace. We are to heed his words.
On Mount Tabor in Galilee with Peter, James, and John Jesus "was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias [Elijah] talking with him." And a bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice from heaven said: "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him." (Matthew 17:1-5)
He is truth. No matter how the philosophers define truth, it is no longer a vague concept. It is personified in Jesus Christ. (John 14)
He has fulfilled God’s promises to Abraham that God's son is made the sacrifice that brings life.
He became the propitiation for our sins: "and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” (1 John 2:2)
He has fulfilled God’s promises to Abraham that God's son is made the sacrifice that brings life.
He has fulfilled the Law so that the rules and ritual obligations imposed by Judaism do not block the way of salvation.
He has fulfilled the prophecies of old. (Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 53; Hosea 11, Romans 15:8)
He became the propitiation for our sins: "and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” (1 John 2:2)
Related reading: Who is Jesus?; What Abraham Discovered on Mount Moriah
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